India’s banking system turns sluggish amid loan recovery delays and legal hurdles: CII reportIndia's banking sector needs urgent reforms. The Confederation of Indian Industry's report highlights slow loan recovery and complex laws. ...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.12 PM IST
Branching out just got easier for NBFCsThe Reserve Bank of India has eased branch opening rules for NBFCs. This move helps gold loan NBFCs expand their reach. It allows them to p...
26 Apr, 2026, 11.32 PM IST
RBI lending a firm lending handRBI's comprehensive reforms aim to boost capital markets and economic growth by expanding bank lending. Measures include funding acquisitio...
02 Oct, 2025, 11.31 PM IST
RBI MPC 2025: Central bank unveils five measures to boost credit flow, reduce financing costsThe Reserve Bank of India announced measures to boost credit flow. The key repo rate remained unchanged. Banks will gain frameworks for cor...
01 Oct, 2025, 11.01 AM IST
Indian Banks' Association to push for more reforms, take over EASE agendaIndian Banks' Association or IBA has started its operational office in New Delhi. "IBA in times to come has a very important role to play a...
16 Sep, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
Maidavolu Narasimham: Father of banking reforms is no moreNarasimham joined the RBI as a research officer and then went on to serve the Indian government. He was an additional secretary at the Depa...
21 Apr, 2021, 07.52 AM IST
RBI reserve must not go for deficit financing: Arvind SubramanianDuring his tenure as CEA, Subramanian was quite vocal about the universal basic income.
12 Dec, 2018, 08.59 PM IST
The Reserve Bank versus government saga: In search of core solutionsPerhaps the solution lies in injecting more capital into government owned banks, and at the same time, overseeing true reform in the financ...
27 Nov, 2018, 11.11 PM IST
'Governance reform' must to receive government capital, says RBI Governor Urjit PatelPatel’s message comes at a time when PSBs are struggling to recover dues from defaulters and their stressed loans have surged to a record h...
06 Dec, 2017, 08.46 PM IST
Bailout to banks is not going to cure bad behaviourA big-bang reform would be privatisation. Private sector banks have mostly thrived even as public sector banks have sunk. Private banks can...
29 Oct, 2017, 04.15 PM IST
Lending rate cuts key to economic recovery: ReportThe report said that structural reforms take long time of 5-10 years to reflect in growth rate or reviving the stranded projects.
22 Sep, 2017, 02.19 PM IST
FY17 GDP to grow at 6.9 per cent, will recover to 7.2 per cent in FY18: BofAMLLooking ahead, we expect growth to end 2016-17 at 6.9 per cent and recover to 7.2 per cent in 2017-18, partly on base effects of the ongoin...
01 Mar, 2017, 02.03 PM IST
RBI to review bank's MCLR: Borrowers may get some reliefRajan says govt reform measures on small savings rates combined with the RBI's refinements in the liquidity should help home buyers.
07 Jun, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
RBI policy good stimulus, will prompt banks to cut rate: Finance MinistryJayant Sinha said the Budget has taken various fiscal and reform initiative, thus creating space for monetary easing.
05 Apr, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
BofA-ML's five triggers for Indian economy into summer"The RBI should also commit to further Open Market Operations to ease liquidity to pull down lending rates," the bank added.
18 Mar, 2013, 03.24 PM IST
Recovery still 6 months away for Indian economy: Bank of America Merrill Lynch"We grow more confident of our call that while the worst is over, recovery will stretch for another 6 months," says BofA-ML report.
05 Oct, 2012, 04.29 PM IST
Analysts says CRR cut indicates RBI's concern on growthAnalysts have welcomed the RBI decision to keep the rates unchanged in view of the sticky inflation and increase the liquidity with a margi...
18 Sep, 2012, 11.35 AM IST