RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5% SDF pegged at 6.25
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor on Thursday (June 8, 2023) decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50% and the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate has been pegged at 6.25 per cent. The central bank kept bank rates at 6.75 per cent. He added that the MPC unanimously…
Read article RBI panel proposes new norms as customer complaints touching nearly one crore every year
The Committee for Review of Customer Service Standards in RBI Regulated Entities set up by RBI last year found that nearly one crore customers complain to their banks and other REs every year, and the number has not changed much in the last three years. The six members committee headed by RBI Deputy Governor B.P.Kanungo…
Read article Provide shade and water to the customers exchanging or depositing Rs 2000 notes: RBI
Pursuant to Friday’s announcement of withdrawing Rs 2,000 notes, RBI reiterated that Rs.2000 notes continue to be legal tender unlike demonetization exercise. In view of the allegations of customers were dying while waiting in queues to exchange bank notes during the 2016 note ban, the Reserve Bank on Monday advised banks to provide shade from…
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RBI to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes from circulation must be exchanged before September 30, 2023
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to withdraw Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation and asked all to exchange them by September 30, 2023. The Rs 2,000 notes, however, will continue to be legal tender. “In pursuance of the “Clean Note Policy” of the Reserve Bank of India, it has been decided to withdraw…
Read article RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5%
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor on Wednesday (April 6, 2023) decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%. Reserve Bank projected India’s GDP growth forecast raised to 6.5% from the previous 6.4 percent for 2023-24. The present policy rates can still be regarded as accommodative, the statement said.…
RBI directions to Banks: Govt. accounts reporting window of March 31 shall be kept open till 12 noon on April 1
RBI on Tuesday notified that all government transactions done by agency banks for 2022-23 must be accounted for within the same financial year. All agency banks should keep their designated branches open for over the counter transactions related to government transactions upto the normal working hours on March 31, 2023, said RBI. It further said…
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