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Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Banks must settle claims within 15 calendar days of receiving all necessary documents. For lockers or articles in safe custody, they must inform claimants within 15 days to fix a date for inventory.

RBI has kept the repo rate steady at 5.5% and maintained its neutral stance, Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced Wednesday.

India’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $5.17 billion to reach $696.66 billion for the week ending June 6, the RBI said on Friday.

Indian stock markets opened on a positive note Monday, with strong buying interest in IT, PSU banks and the auto sectors.

The RBI has frontloaded its rate cuts to support economic growth, taking advantage of a benign inflation outlook, as per a Crisil report.

The RBI forecasts a strong FY26 economy, driven by rising consumption and government capital spending, according to its Annual Report.

India’s forex reserves rose to a seven-month high of \$690.61 billion as of 9 May 2025, RBI data showed on 16 May.

Indian benchmark indices opened on a positive note, buoyed by a sharp fall in retail inflation and a cooling of geopolitical tensions.

India’s forex reserves rose by $1.983 billion to $688.129 billion in the week ending 25 April, RBI data showed.

The Indian government has sacked Krishnamurthy V Subramanian as Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).