RBI's MPC didn't cut rates this time around. But, there is more to this story...RBI kept the repo rate at 6.5%. The MPC noted concerns about inflation and growth. Economic activity is expected to improve. Rising busines...
RBI MPC Meet Highlights: Unchanged repo rate, CRR cut, concerns about GDP and inflation; here are all the key announcementsIn a 4:2 majority decision, the MPC kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, along with the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) at 6.25% and the M...
India cannot risk another bout of inflation: RBI Governor DasIndia's central bank, led by Governor Shaktikanta Das, opts for a flexible approach to monetary policy. The Reserve Bank of India maintains...
Mohan Charan Majhi Cabinet: Here is the full list of Odisha ministersMohan Charan Majhi, a tribal leader, took oath as Odisha's next chief minister today. Joining him are two deputy chief ministers. Speculati...
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to contest from two assembly seatsNaveen Patnaik to contest from Kantabanji and Hinjili in the upcoming Assembly elections. The BJD party has released a list of 9 candidates...
RBI MPC minutes: Das says premature move may undermine success; Varma bats for rate cut & stance pivotReserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das, explaining the decision to maintain policy repo rates, stated that premature policy p...
Currency in circulation higher in March and April due to festivities, says RBI paperThe paper, titled 'Modelling and Forecasting Currency Demand in India: A Heterodox Approach', has been authored by Janak Raj, Indranil Bhat...
BJD MLAs favour a censure motion against Centre over PolavaramHe criticised the NDA government for funding a project that would lead to submergence of houses and agricultural field of tribals in Malkan...
Good economics becoming good politics: Arvind SubramanianCEA Arvind Subramanian today said one of the welcome changes the country had seen in recent years was that good economics practised by diff...
Rabindranath Tagore's wife Mrinalini Devi's life to come alive on small screenThe serial is based on the book "Aami Rabi Thakurer Bou" (I am Tagore's wife) written by a well-known Tagore researcher Ranjan Bandyopadhya...
Concern voiced in Lok Sabha over non-payment of MGNREGA wagesRanjan said that gravity of problem could be guaged from the fact that from Kosi range of Bihar, 4L rural poor have migrated in search of l...
BJD ahead in 112 Assembly seats, BJP, Cong far behind in OdishaChief Minister Naveen Patnaik was leading in Hinjili by 15,656 votes while the state president of Congress was trailing and that of BJP was...
- Mamata Banerjee-led TMC demolishes the Left rule in West Bengal
Left Front manages just 60 seats, down from 235 seats they won in last Assembly elections; Didi will be the first woman CM of the state.
- West Bengal trends indicate landslide win for Trinamool Congress
While the Trinamool Congress is ahead in 118 seats, its ally Congress is leading in 25, according to trends available till 10 AM.
- RBI likely to raise policy rates tomorrow: Bankers
The Reserve Bank will try to put the lid on inflation, which is nearly in the double-digit region, possibly by hiking key rates in its annu...
- Pulses take a breather, further fall expected
Prices of pulses have cooled down with good kharif production and imports by the public sector firms-MMTC, STC, PEC and Nafed.
- NAFED lines up big plans to import edible oil
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) has decided to actively trade in imported edible oils after...