From lottery draws to fiscal spending, China broadens digital yuan footprintIn a series of measures, many revealed here for the first time, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is giving banks policy incentives and beh...
30 May, 2026, 10.51 AM IST
Retail central bank digital currency in circulation falls by 24% in FY26The value of retail central bank digital currency in circulation saw a significant drop of 24.08 percent in 2025-26. Despite this, the Rese...
29 May, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
Resilient Indian economy may face West Asia headwinds; El Nino impact likely on agri output: RBIAs energy prices surge and supply chain disruptions persist, India's economic landscape is indeed testing its resilience; yet, robust finan...
29 May, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
RBI to explore CBDC pilot in cross-border transactionsThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to expand its digital rupee pilot to more direct benefit transfer schemes and the domestic retail spa...
29 May, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
RBI’s currency printing cost falls 23.5% in FY26 despite rise in cash circulationReserve Bank of India's spending on printing money dropped significantly. This happened even as the total value of currency in circulation ...
29 May, 2026, 03.27 PM IST
Fake Rs 500 notes surge 20% as counterfeits rise across banking systemFake currency detection in India increased in 2025-26. The Rs 500 note became the primary target for counterfeiters, showing a significant ...
29 May, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
Sell 100 grams of gold to help India; Feroze Azeez makes the caseFeroze Azeez urges Indian households to sell 2-4% of their idle gold, valued at $4 trillion, to curb excessive imports. He frames this as f...
20 May, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
Inquiry report on Justice Varma tabled with Speaker after resignationAn inquiry committee has submitted its report to the Lok Sabha Speaker regarding allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma. The report con...
19 May, 2026, 11.27 AM IST
Has RBI announced 'new rules' for exchanging old Rs 500 & Rs 1,000 currency notes?Social media claims about the Reserve Bank of India allowing exchange of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes are false. The official website of th...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
Inside ‘Lala Pad’: How ₹20 notes and WhatsApp kept Bengal’s coal mafia runningThe Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth ₹159.51 crore in a West Bengal illegal coal mining and pilferage racket...
16 Apr, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
97.76% of Rs 2000 currency notes returned, says RBIThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported that 97.76% of the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes have been returned to the banking system, leavin...
02 May, 2024, 07.19 PM IST
The need for digital currency and why should RBI have oneOver the past four and a half years, approximately Rs 24 lakh crore of net cash has been pumped into circulation and likely withdrawn throu...
17 Mar, 2021, 12.27 PM IST
Currency in circulation rises by Rs 3.23 lakh crore in April-DecemberIn the April-December period of FY2020, it had grown by nearly 6 per cent.
10 Jan, 2021, 06.55 PM IST
Currency in circulation jumps by Rs 19,699 crore, total kitty hits Rs 22 lakh croreThe week before Diwali usually sees a surge in currency in circulation as consumption rises and majority of payments for personal expenditu...
17 Oct, 2019, 11.59 AM IST
Currency in circulation rises 22% in May over pre-demonetisation levelGovt said the notes in circulation had grown at an average growth rate of 14.51 per cent year on year wise since October 2014.
26 Jun, 2019, 07.36 AM IST
Time to withdraw Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notesWithdrawal of high denomination notes will result in immediate unearthing of black money and also reduce its generation in future.
19 May, 2016, 11.45 AM IST
- Fake currency notes circulation on the rise in Bihar
Police and DRI sleuths have seized FICN of face value of 41.40 lakh during 2011 so far, police said.
16 Dec, 2011, 11.32 AM IST