GDP growth between FY11-12 and FY 16-17 was 4.5% as against 7%: states Ex-CEA in his report

Former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has said that India’s GDP growth estimate has been exaggerated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17, the year transitioning the... Read more »

NPAs drops down to 9.3% in FY19, deeper than RBI estimate: Crisil

The system-wide non-performing assets stock has fell starkly to 9.3 percent in March 2019, more rapidly than the Reserve Bank’s estimate and far down from 11.5 percent the year... Read more »

Central Bank of India plans to raise Rs 5,000 cr this fiscal in sync with Basel III norms

State-owned lender Central Bank of India (CBI) is plans to raise capital up to Rs 5,000 crore in the financial year 2019-20 through various modes, including rights issue and... Read more »

RBI must focus on banking reforms, non-banking sector in coming months: Shaktikanta Das

With regards to frauds in the banking sector to absence of effective controls, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Saturday said focus of the central bank in the upcoming months will... Read more »

Kotak Securities, ICRA feel RBI’s dovish stance to steady inflation

According to analysts, RBI’s rate cut will help increase India’s GDP, while keeping the policy stance accommodative. “For the third successive time, in line with the majority market expectations,... Read more »

Bankers approve the accommodative stance of the monetary policy 

Bankers have rejoiced as the RBI slashed interest rates and changed the policy stance from neutral to an accommodative one. The repo rate is now positioned at 5.75%. While... Read more »

RBI cuts rates by 25 basis points, policy stance changed to unanimous

For the third time in a row, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) today slashed interest rates by 25 basis points, as was widely expected.... Read more »

RBI’s rate cut to help speed up growth: Ind-Ra

 India Ratings and Research believes a rate cut, which is almost certain, in the second bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20, is unlikely to stimulate demand in the near... Read more »

RBI slashes rates by 25 bps; move could help GDP, NBFCs recover

In a bid to tackle the liquidity crisis, the RBI has cut rates by 25 basis points. This move comes a month prior to the 2019 Budget presented by... Read more »

Corporate performances see higher earnings, improved performance in Q4 quarter: CARE Ratings

The corporate performance for the March quarter of FY19 has improved on a quarterly basis as compared to last year, said CARE Ratings in its research report. The rating... Read more »