Retail Growth Slows, Gold Loans Surge: A Look at India's Lending Trends

Retail Growth Slows, Gold Loans Surge: A Look at Indiaโ€™s Lending Trends

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of Indiaโ€™s (RBI) latest data for January 2025 highlights a continued slowdown in overall loan growth, which remains below 12%โ€ฆ

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RBIโ€™s bold moves signal pro-growth shift; Elara Capital positive on frontline private banks

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made a crucial shift in its regulatory stance to ease liquidity challenges and support banks, NBFCs, and MFIs.

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In its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meeting for FY25 RBI decided by a 4-to-2 majority to maintain a 'neutral' monetary policy stance.

RBI keeps Repo Rate unchanged at 6.5%, cuts CRR to 4% amid economic challenges

In its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meeting for FY25, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), led by Governor Shaktikanta Das, decided by a 4-to-2 majority to maintain a โ€˜neutralโ€™ monetary policy stance.

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Economic Survey 2023-24: Core inflation at 9-year low; Food inflation increased

Retail inflation, after averaging 6.7% in FY23, declined to 5.4% in FY24, thanks to effective administrative and monetary policy responses. Food inflation rose from 6.6% in FY23 to 7.5% in FY24

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RBI restricts Kotak Mahindra Bank from online customer onboarding

The RBIโ€™s directive, issued under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, underscores the central bankโ€™s concerns about deficiencies observed during its IT examinations of KMB for the years 2022 and 2023. Despite receiving corrective action plans from the RBI in both years, subsequent assessments revealed ongoing non-compliance by the bank.

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