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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a directive to Paytm affiliate Paytm Payments Bank, mandating the cessation of a significant portion of its operations by February 29. This includes discontinuing services related to deposits, credit offerings, and its widely-used digital wallets, citing ongoing issues of non-compliance. The Reserve Bank of India may soon release FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on all aspects of the decision against Paytm Payments Bank, which will clarify any confusions in the minds of consumers about the RBI's decision against the fintech startup.

₹17,000 crore against the budgeted ₹19,000 crore, the next year will see it further slashed to ₹12,000 crore. The big inclusion in the interim budget for 2024-25 is ₹205,250 crore for free foodgrains. The pre-poll strategy of displaying fiscal restraint while continuing with handouts was made inevitable by the repeated economic shocks to the rural economy: demonetization, the covid pandemic and an inflationary surge over the past 18 months, all of which have resulted in suppressed rural incomes and demand.

Mumbai: Paytm’s parent One 97 Communications Ltd on Friday said it has formed an advisory committee chaired by M. Damodaran, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The committee will work with the One97 board on strengthening compliance and regulatory matters.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the repo rates unchanged for the sixth time in a row at 6.5 per cent. The repo rate is the rate of interest at which RBI lends to other banks. The decision was made during the three-day RBI’s monetary policy committee which started on Tuesday (February 6-8). The RBI typically conducts six bi-monthly meetings in a financial year, where it decides interest rates, money supply, inflation outlook, and various macroeconomic indicators. 

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its February review meeting unanimously decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent, thus maintaining the status quo for the sixth straight time.  RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the central bank will issue guidelines for a principle-based framework for authentication of digital payment transactions.

Also Read | Key Fact Statement (KFS) now mandatory: New RBI measure enhances transparency in lending for retail and MSME borrowers In its statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, the RBI emphasised that currently, the KFS is specifically mandated for loans by scheduled commercial banks to individual borrowers, digital lending by regulated entities, and microfinance loans. Also Read | RBI Policy: Governor Das unlikely to precede Fed in policy reversal; expect rate cut only in H2, say Economists "The Reserve Bank has announced several measures in the recent past to foster greater transparency and disclosure by the regulated entities (REs) in pricing of loans and other charges levied on the customers.

MUMBAI : India should look to grow by at least 7% in 2024-25, sustaining the better-than-anticipated growth in the ongoing financial year, say the authors of an article in the Reserve Bank of India's January bulletin. On 17 January, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said he expected India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to touch 7% in FY25.

Day Two of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos was about Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Chinese Premier Li, Day Three was a mixed treat, with Argentina’s new President Javier Milei getting more mileage at the event. European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva, and an address by French President Emmanuel Macron were also in focus for their star power.

Business Today. “There is no such thinking to move towards de-dollarisation... The dollar will continue to be the dominant currency", Shaktikanta Das added.

Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said Tuesday, just days after the US capitalmarkets regulator approved bitcoin exchange traded funds. “They (the US Securities and Exchange Commission) are the best judge of what is good for their country, so they have done it. I would not like to comment on what another regulator in another country has done,” Das said at the World Economic Forum at Davos. “So far as India is concerned, we see a lot of risks and it is not necessary for us that what somebody else does, we simply adopt.” Last week, the US SEC approved ETFs based on bitcoin, a move that sent cryptocurrency prices soaring worldwide. Das has steadfastly maintained over the years that cryptocurrencies pose a palpable threat to currency and monetary stability and could be the source of the next major global financial crisis.

Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said Tuesday, just days after the US capitalmarkets regulator approved bitcoin exchange traded funds. “They (the US Securities and Exchange Commission) are the best judge of what is good for their country, so they have done it. I would not like to comment on what another regulator in another country has done,” Das said at the World Economic Forum at Davos.

The body would work towards strengthening governance standards and addressing the sector's needs and challenges, the central bank said.

Shaktikanta Das, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, deviated from his prepared speech while delivering the keynote address at Mint’s recent BFSI Summit and provided a couple of interesting asides. The governor’s office, he said, had been encouraging one-on-one discussions with bank chief executives and a spirit of free exchange had allowed RBI to pick up industry trends that would have otherwise reached the central bank much later. Consequently, the central bank’s regulatory actions were occasionally based on such inputs.

Mint Banking and Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) Summit and Awards. The event saw top business leaders across the BFSI spheres congregate in Mumbai. Shaktikanta Das, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, delivered the keynote address.

retail inflation surged 5.69 per cent in December on an annual basis as against 5.55 per cent in November, data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation showed on Friday. The number has remained within the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) tolerance band of 2-6 per cent. In the December policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the inflation aim unchanged at 5.4 per cent. In the August policy, the RBI MPC had raised its FY24 inflation forecast to 5.4 per cent from 5.1 per cent. «There has been broad based easing in core inflation, which is indicative of successful disinflation through monetary policy actions.

Shaktikanta Das: At the moment, the Indian banking sector remains resilient and robust, even if you look at the unsecured consumer loans and some segments of personal loans. The numbers that we have before us are not particularly alarming.

crypto regulations Mumbai, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the central bank will not emulate others on crypto currency regulations and asserted that «what is good for another market need not be good for us». His remarks come against the backdrop of the US Securities and Exchange Commission approving changes to allow the creation of bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the US. «What is good for another market need not be good for us. Therefore our views — both that of the Reserve Bank and personally that of mine — remain the same,» Das said on crypto currency regulations. He was speaking at a BFSI summit organised by the publication Mint.

SEC) approved US-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track Bitcoin, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday warned that crypto mania can have a Tulip mania-like outcome. «We are all familiar with the Dutch term Tulip mania in the Netherlands. I don't think the world, emerging markets in particular, can afford crypto mania which can have a similar outcome,» Das said at Mint BFSI Summit. While making it clear that RBI's position on crypto remains unchanged, irrespective of who does what, Das said, «Just because somebody is doing something, we are not here to emulate them....travelling down that path will create huge risks which, going forward, will be very very difficult to contain.» Paving the way for inflow of billions of dollars in cryptocurrency, the US has approved 11 Bitcoin spot ETFs. For Indian investors, the Bitcoin ETF will provide an opportunity to include crypto in their portfolio via the LRS route.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday warned financial institutions against the potential risks of relying on algorithm- or model-based lending. Lenders must continuously maintain a vigil on the efficiency of such models, he said at an event organised by Mint.

MUMBAI : The US may have green-lighted exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in bitcoin, but for India’s apex banking regulator, cryptocurrencies remain a strict no-no. “The way we look at crypto remains unchanged, irrespective of who does what," Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das stated at the 16th Mint Annual BFSI Summit and Awards in Mumbai on Thursday. “Just because somebody is doing something, we are not here to emulate them." The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday approved the first US-listed ETFs to track bitcoin, marking a milestone for the world’s largest cryptocurrency and the broader crypto industry.

After a long wait, US markets regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally gave a go-ahead to the spot bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday, a move that led to a massive jump in the bitcoin prices.