RBI Governor: News

04 May 2022

Shaktikanta Das

RBI hikes repo rate by 40 bps to 4.4%

In its first rate hike since August 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the benchmark lending rate by 40 basis points to 4.4%.

04 Jun 2021

India

RBI keeps repo rate at 4%, cuts GDP growth projection

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has once again kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 percent in an attempt to "support growth and keep inflation within the target" amid India's COVID-19 crisis.

16 Mar 2020

India

India not immune to economic impact of COVID-19: RBI Governor

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das addressed a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Mumbai on Monday.

14 Jan 2020

Lok Sabha

BJP MP pacifies panicked Bengaluru bank depositors amid RBI restrictions

Days after the Reserve Bank of India imposed regulatory restrictions on a co-operative bank in Bengaluru, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya assured panicked depositors that the Finance Minister was personally looking into the matter.

15 Oct 2019

Jet Airways

Rs. 90L stuck in PMC Bank, depositor dies of heart-attack

Thousands of customers of PMC Bank don't know when will they get access to their own hard-earned money. Their savings, spanning years, have been locked up by RBI.

PMC Bank crisis: RBI hikes withdrawal limit to Rs. 40,000

In a major relief for customers of the crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the withdrawal limit for account holders to Rs. 40,000, on Monday. Earlier, this limit was Rs. 25,000.

10 Oct 2019

Mumbai

PMC crisis: Nirmala Sitharaman says she'll talk to RBI Governor

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met distressed customers of the crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC) on Thursday and assured them she will speak to Shaktikanta Das, the Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), this evening.

#NewsBytesExplainer: Why is RBI giving Rs. 1.76L crore to government

Amid an economic slowdown in the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stepped in to bail out Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

12 Jul 2019

India

Five famous and successful alumni of IIM-Ahmedabad to know about

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are the most sought-after business schools in the country that provide quality management education.

06 Jul 2019

India

Five famous alumni of IIT Kanpur you should know about

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the country's premier engineering institutes that are recognized as centers of academic excellence in science and technology.

11 Jun 2019

India

No charges on RTGS, NEFT transfers from July 1: RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to waive off all charges on RTGS and NEFT system fund transfers from July 1, 2019.

RBI cuts repo rate by 25bps; loans/EMIs to get cheaper

Taking a major policy U-turn, the RBI's six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by newly-appointed Governor Shaktikanta Das lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%.

Shaktikanta Das takes charge as new RBI Governor

A day after he was appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das, on Wednesday, took charge of the central bank.

Urjit Patel resigns as Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Reserve Bank of India Governor, Urjit Patel, has stepped down from the position with immediate effect amid rift with the government on various issues.

17 Apr 2018

ICICI Bank

Parliamentary panel summons RBI Governor to answer queries on bank-scams

A parliamentary panel has called Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel on May 17 to answer queries on a spate of banking scams unearthed in the last few months, sources said.

05 Jan 2018

India

New Rs.10, Rs.50, Rs.200 notes: All you need to know

The RBI has officially announced new notes of Rs. 10 in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series. RBI Governor said they will be issued shortly.

17 Feb 2017

India

Rs. 2000 notes printed when Rajan was governor

Reports revealed that even though the Rs. 2000 bears the signature of current RBI governor Urjit Patel, the printing began when Raghuram Rajan was in office.

05 Sep 2016

India

RBI looks to explore Islamic banking and finance

The Reserve Bank of India proposed measures to adopt interest-free banking that will open Islamic finance in India, tackling banking exclusions pitched under religious reasons.

04 Sep 2016

Raghuram Rajan

Urjit Patel taking charge as RBI Governor on 6 September

With Raghuram Rajan's tenure as RBI Governor seeing an end after he announced his decision to step down from taking up a second term, Urjit Patel will take over the reins as his successor on Tuesday.