Ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Board meeting today, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that the central government was determined to “capture” the bank to gain control over its Rs 9 lakh crore reserves.
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Urjit Patel May Resign LIVE Updates: Section 7 of RBI Act Has Not been Invoked
Sources in the ministry of finance told Firstpost that Section 7 of the RBI Act has not been invoked. However, two letters were sent to RBI last month in which “Section 7 was quoted”, highlighting the existence of powers under the Act that allows the government to issue directions to the central bank on “matters of public interest”.
RBI Made Fool – Repo Rate Kept Unchanged – Neal Bhai
The RBI today kept repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. The top management of the RBI will later interact with the media after the announcement of the monetary policy.
Read Alert – RBI Policy: Rate Hike Certain, Liquidity, Currency
A rate hike is almost certain. It is likely to be a quarter percentage (increase in repo rate) but the probability of a 50 bps increase is not ruled out,” said Saugata Bhattacharya, Chief Economist at Axis Bank.