In compliance with the guidelines set forth by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the e-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it will cease accepting Rs 2,000 currency notes as payment for ‘Cash On Delivery’ (COD) orders starting from 19 September 2023. The RBI had earlier declared the withdrawal of India’s highest denomination, the Rs […]
India’s wholesale price index (INWPI=ECI) fell 0.52 per cent in August from a year earlier, according to government data released on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had estimated the wholesale price index for August would fall 0.6 per cent. It fell 1.36 per cent in July. In August, fuel and power prices fell 6.03 per […]
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has revolutionised India’s digital payment ecosystem and played a pivotal role in driving financial inclusion by bringing millions of unbanked individuals into the formal financial system, said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das here on Monday. The RBI Governor was delivering the keynote address at the Grand Finale of the G20 TechSprint […]
Amid the ongoing concerns of global economic slowdown and a possible recession in the United States (US), the Bank of Baroda in a report on Saturday has said that a weaker rupee will improve India’s export competitiveness. According to government data, India’s exports reportedly contracted by 15.88 per cent to USD 32.25 billion in July […]
Morgan Stanley expects retail inflation to moderate to Reserve Bank of India’s 6 per cent upper tolerance target only from November. Retail inflation in India rose sharply in July to 7.44 per cent and in the process breached RBI’s 6 per cent upper tolerance target, largely due to a sharp spurt in vegetable, fruit, and […]
Bucking the trend, retail inflation in India rose considerably in June to 4.81 per cent, largely due to a sharp spurt in vegetable prices. The inflation index for rural and urban was 4.72 per cent and 4.96 per cent, respectively. Back in May, the retail inflation was at 4.25 per cent, hitting a two-year low. […]
Bucking the trend, retail inflation in India rose considerably in June to 4.81 per cent, largely due to a sharp spurt in vegetable prices. The inflation index for rural and urban was 4.72 per cent and 4.96 per cent, respectively. Back in May, the retail inflation was at 4.25 per cent, hitting a two-year low. It […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lowered India’s inflation projection for 2023-24 to 5.1 per cent against its April estimate of 5.2 per cent. On a quarterly basis, retail inflation (or Consumer Price Index) in Q1 is seen at 4.6 per cent, Q2 at 5.2 per cent, Q3 at 5.4 per cent, and Q4 […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that it would withdraw the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation. Just like before this news created a wave of panic and confusion among the public and it’s causing people to rush to banks and ATMs in an attempt to exchange or deposit their high-value currency. People are […]
India’s retail inflation dropped to 5.66 per cent in March against the previous month’s 6.44 per cent, official data showed on Wednesday. According to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, rural inflation stood at 5.51 per cent while urban inflation was at 5.89 per cent in March. In February this […]
