The fact-checking unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has called the assertion as "fake" and added that it is unsupported by official data.
The Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved a record surplus transfer of Rs 2.87 trillion to the Central government for 2025-26.
Sanjay Malhotra said the rising energy prices due to the ongoing Iran war were testing India's flexible inflation targeting. This necessitates potential policy intervention by the central bank.
The central bank announced the withdrawal of ₹2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation on May 19, 2023.
When regulators move early, markets often complain. That familiar tension is now visible in India’s banking sector as the Reserve Bank of India pushes lenders toward a more rigorous, forward-looking assessment of loan risk.
As per the guidelines laid down by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), all the banks will remain closed on January 1 on account of New Year's Day, Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays of the month.
India's economic growth slowed to a six-year low of 4.5 percent in the July-September quarter. With inflation rising, fears of stagflation, a fall in aggregate demand accompanied by rising inflation, have resurfaced.
It is the responsibility of the Reserve Bank of India and the government to fully protect the depositors and to ensure the immediate refund of the entire money that had been deposited. The RBI has never cautioned the people against depositing money in the Urban Cooperative Banks. So, it has the duty to go to their rescue when the UCB or the bank it regulates fails.
With this step, the federal bank is aiming to promote digital payments among the bank account holders.
Referring to the article published online portal—ZDNet on Tuesday, the RBI asked banks to secure their customers’ information.
