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Retail inflation up 7.61% in Oct due to food prices

Retail inflation up 7.61% in Oct due to food prices

Retail inflation climbs 7.61% in Oct, the highest since May 2014, due to elevated food prices. IIP grows 0.2% in Sep.

RBI makes RTGS funds transfer anytime service

RBI makes RTGS funds transfer anytime service

Coming into effect from Dec, the round-the-clock RTGS service will facilitate innovations in the large value payments ecosystem.

RBI leaves headroom for banks to price home loans cheaper

RBI leaves headroom for banks to price home loans cheaper

SBI chairman Dinesh Khara hints at retail and home loan interest rates lowering; HDFC chairman Keki Mistry explains why he feels demand for homes will be on the upsurge.

GDP contraction at 9.5% in FY21, Q4 may turn positive: RBI guv

GDP contraction at 9.5% in FY21, Q4 may turn positive: RBI guv

Indian economy may break out of contraction and turn positive during January-March, said RBI governor Shaktikanta Das.

Dinesh Khara is new SBI chairman

Dinesh Khara is new SBI chairman

Govt appoints Khara as SBI chairman for 3 years effective from 7 Oct.

SC defers decision on interest payments

SC defers decision on interest payments

The court said the Centre's affidavit on waiving "interest on interest" (compound interest) on loans up to Rs 2 crore needs to be submitted as it was not satisfactory.

RBI credit policy now on 9 Oct

RBI credit policy now on 9 Oct

Credit policy usually gets announced on 1 Oct. But as 3 external members of MPC could not be replaced after their terms expired, no meeting of the rate-setting panel could take place before 1 October.

Decks cleared for credit policy after MPC gets reconstituted

Decks cleared for credit policy after MPC gets reconstituted

After a surprise cancellation of the credit policy meet scheduled for 1 Oct, Govt appoints Ashima Goyal, Shashanka Bhide and Jayanth Varma to RBI's rate-setting panel.