RBI delaying year-end bonuses to the heads of top private banks — HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank

RBI Cuts Repo Rate

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – RBI delaying year-end bonuses to the heads of top private banks — HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank — Chief executive officers at HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd. —the nation’s largest private lenders by assets — are among bankers yet to receive bonuses for the financial year ended 31 March 2017, as the Reserve Bank of India hasn’t signed off on the proposed payments, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. They declined to give further details. Business Standard newspaper had previously reported the delays.                               

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India RBI Key Points of the Monetary Policy Statement

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – India RBI Key Points of the Monetary Policy Statement — Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel and his monetary policy committee lowered inflation projections on Thursday, raising expectations that interest rates will be on hold for sometime to come. That may boost flagging investments and demand, both of which were hit by a cash ban imposed in late 2016 and the chaotic implementation of a consumption tax last year.                                                

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Banks Gain As RBI Grants Breather Ahead Of Monetary Policy Decision

RBI Pause on Interest Rate Hike May Last Only Till December

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Banks Gain As RBI Grants Breather Ahead Of RBI Monetary Policy Decision — Shares of private and government-owned lenders were trading higher after the Reserve Bank of India provided relief to lenders by allowing them to reduce provisioning on NCLT accounts for March quarter ahead of the monetary policy decision.                                            

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