As households age, they pile up debt, a peculiarity unique to Indians, a Financial Stability and Development Council report has found. Here are the key takeaways.
According to a legal expert, the clause of 'reasonable restriction' could still mean the government can make Aadhaar mandatory for monetary transactions and therefore, for banking.
With the introduction of new notes, India will have denominations of Rs 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 2000.
RBI ex-governor's book on 'those turbulent but exciting times' to be launched on Sept 5 in Chennai.
Green bonds refer to bonds issued mainly by power companies to finance energy efficient projects
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As on June 16, currency in circulation was Rs 15.29 lakh cr, or 86.2% of pre-note ban level
It adds that banks could be hiding some of the fraud cases, masking these as bad debt
To spur war among lenders to grab existing loans
Question remains, what happens when the overseeing committees' members themselves are questioned by investigative agencies?
'Indian non-bank lenders stand exposed to a deteriorating credit quality environment.' 'Such a deterioration could put at risk the value of NCDs purchased by the mutual funds and expose investors in bond and liquid funds to a risk of capital loss.'
Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics and political science, University of California, Berkeley, analyzes the transparency of the Reserve Bank of India, the growth rate of the Indian economy and why he feels globalisation can never be rolled back.
The limit of indebtedness comes down to Rs 15,000 crore from 2018-19, and then Rs 10,000 crore from April 2019 onwards
However, RBI would continue to nudge banks to cut lending rates
They now believe their money will be repaid after completion of the tenure of the instruments they have invested in, says Anup Roy.
Dealers say foreign investors are now taking keen interest in lower-rated corporate bonds, too
According to bond dealers, the spike in CD issuance could indicate that liquidity won't remain as comfortable by the end of the financial year (March 31) as it now is.
But, neither were the big companies interested in growing inorganically nor were the smaller ones ready to offer themselves for sale.
In the present financial year government kitty has small savings of more than Rs 90,000 crore, against an estimate of Rs 22,000 crore.
The cell was formed after attacks on the Bangladesh central bank by international hacker groups siphoned off millions of dollars.
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