“Value of rupee is determined by the market forces”.On a day the rupee breached the 74-mark against the US dollar for the first time, RBI Governor Urjit Patel said Friday that the domestic currency is still better than its emerging market peers. He maintained that the value of rupee is determined by the market forces and the RBI does not have any “target or band” around any particular level of the exchange rate.
Even as the RBI has held its repo rate, banks are likely to take cues from the bond markets, where yields are likely to inch up
Experts feel the measures may not have a long-term impact on rupee.The currency tumbled to a new record low of 72.91 on Wednesday, and recovered sharply from those lows to make a high of 71.52 on Friday.
Govt proposes merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena and Vijaya Bank
The merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank set to create India’s third-largest bank with a total business of more than ₹14.82 trillion.
Priority Sector Lending – Targets and Classification – (FAQ’s As on April 18, 2018) 1. What are the different categories under priority sector? Priority Sector includes the following categories: (i) Agriculture (ii) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(iii) Export Credit(iv) Education(v) Housing(vi) Social Infrastructure(vii) Renewable Energy(viii) Others 2. What are the Targets and Sub-targets for banks under…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it mandatory to mention the name of the person on the front of the demand draft while purchasing it at a bank branch. At present, the DD form only asks for the name of the entity or person in whose favour it is to be prepared. In…
Shri Mahesh Kumar Jain took charge as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India today. The Government of India, on June 4, 2018 has appointed him as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
RBI vide its notification dated 7th June 2018 inform all the Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs), Local Area Banks (LABs), Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks and Small Finance Banks/Payment Banks that wef 1st July 2018 the rate of interest has since been reviewed and it was decided that the rate of interest payable…
The Reserve Bank of India, on Tuesday, informed a Parliamentary Committee that banks have reported 15,673 incidents of frauds during the last three financial years (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18), involving a total amount of ₹74,993 crore.
India’s forex reserves expanded by $1.217 billion to 426.082 billion in the week to 13 April, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said.The Reserve Bank of India. India’s forex reserves crossed the $400-billion mark for the first time in the week to 8 September 2017, but have since been fluctuating.