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1 billion digital transactions in India: NPCI
August 8, 2017
Post demonetisation in India, an effort that was initiated to curb the flow of black money; digital transactions have substantially gained prominence in India.
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RBI stops printing INR 2,000 notes
July 27, 2017
The Indian economy is reportedly set to see circulation of new currency notes in yet another move to curb black money and also to strike a balance between the circulation of present ones.
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Paul Sheard
June 1, 2017
Brexit and Trump are the two main disruptions for 2017, and the world will have to keep an eye out to see how exactly they will react and affect the economy, says Sheard. Paul Sheard, the executive vice president and chief economist at S&P Global, goes deep to find the root c...
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Can electoral bonds ensure free and fair elections?
February 5, 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced electoral bonds in the recent Union Budget. Can these bonds usher in a new era of much-needed glasnost in political financing in the world’s largest multi-party democracy?
Read MoreUnion Budget 2017: Measures to strengthen digital economy
February 2, 2017
In a bid to give a push to the digital economy of India and weed-out corruption and black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made a number of announcements in his Budget 2017 presentation.
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India – a soft target of increasing financial cyber attacks
January 18, 2017
Global Internet security giant, Kaspersky Lab reports an alarming study on the increasing threat of financial cyber attacks. As the global figures rose to 22.49, India recovering from the wake of demonetisation remains under the radar as well.
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Yatra.com introduces Unified Payment Interface on its website
January 12, 2017
Yatra.com has introduced Unified Payment Interface (UPI) as an alternate payment option on its website which will allow its customers to pay directly from a bank account to different merchants both online and offline.
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Reserve Bank of India leaves repo rate untouched
December 8, 2016
Much against the popular expectation, the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday chose not cut the repo rate. It was left untouched at 6.25 pc.
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India moves towards a digital economy post demonetisation
December 2, 2016
India is witnessing a surge in digital payment, backed by government reforms and initiatives after high-denomination currency notes were discontinued in early November.
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India debates on abolition of old high currency notes
November 10, 2016
The announcement of vacuum-cleaning 500 and 1000 Rupee bills by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent ripples across the country; the decision evidently aims to curb black money, corruption, peddling of fake currencies and the sovereignty of India coming under anti-nationalist...
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RBI Governor announces repo rate cut in India
October 7, 2016
In a surprising announcement, current RBI Governor Urjit Patel informed the country about RBI’s decision of slashing the repo rates. The announcement for a rate cut came as the first policy statement made by Urjit Patel since he took the position of the Governor of the R...
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New Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel faces many challenges
August 25, 2016
#Urjit Patel who will become 24th #Governor of #Reserve Bank of India has more than half-a-dozen challenges before him. However Patel is neither new to Reserve Bank of India nor to the #Finance Ministry or to the political establishment unlike some of his predecessors.
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