The Reserve Bank left interest rate unchanged.
The US has been in discussions with Pakistan but there has been not a 'sufficient amount of action' from it against terrorists.
Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up.
With a sole mandate of inflation targeting, RBI wears many hats.
Modi govt says its economic score on all coutns is very good.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget.
Greece awoke with a political hangover on Thursday after parliament approved a stringent bailout programme, thanks to the votes of the pro-European opposition, amid the worst protest violence this year.
The post-crisis debate on capital account management focuses on matching instruments with vulnerabilities.
Faster normalisation of central-bank balance sheets will drive yields higher.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan spoke on a host of issues at his last post-policy interaction with the media
'Does it make any difference to you, that one of our doctors almost lost his vision, while you delayed in immediately getting the right care for your family member, as per his advice?'
There is a case for analysing the fiscal deficit, separately for expenditure and investment.
Rahul Gandhi has the potential to grow into a good, effective, leader of the Opposition provided he puts his heart and soul into it, with a willingness to learn, says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant who worked closely with India's first three prime ministers.
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
'We are looking at the Budget with the hope that it will address all issues even at the cost of exceeding the fiscal deficit target.'
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
Moody's rates India's outlook at stable.
'Jaish is known for its fidayeen activities.' 'This well trained human resource backed by military-based training makes the JeM an obvious choice over the LeT and HM.'
'The government and the RBI have been playing a very good part in terms of inflation management.'
Mr Swamy has written letters to the Prime Minister's Office asking for Mr Rajan's services to be terminated.
Greek proposals hailed as "a positive step forward".
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'India is doing better than when we took office 17 months ago'.
'I feel now we have a leader who is non-corruptible.' 'But he needs time as corruption is deep-rooted in our society, and people have no shame about being corrupt.' 'It will take at least 7 years to make some changes.'
Tight liquidity will hit over-leveraged and cash-hungry companies, spare conservative ones
Jaitley's team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats
For India to monetise gold, it is not the institutional depositor that policymakers must target but the average retail depositor.
'The 'Off-with-Rajan's-head' brigade bases its arguments on mistaken beliefs, erroneous causalities, and even downright prejudice.'
The agreement on sharing of financial information is a distinct and welcome break from its trend.
An International Monetary Fund study published on Tuesday showed that Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to contemplate so far, as fractious parties in Athens prepared to vote on a sweeping austerity package demanded by their lenders.
'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'
'...Unless we muck up our policies.' 'We have to become a modernised economy.' 'Our institutions should be stronger. And that is most important.' 'The rule of law should prevail and contracts should be enforced.' 'Above all, we have to recognise the importance of globalisation.' 'It is in our favour at this stage. We should grow and become globally competitive.'
IIM-B, professor R Vaidyanathan talks to Shobha Warrier about black money, Mudra Bank and Jaitley's Budget.
'RBI and the economy will gain tremendously from Urjit Patel's experience in both private and public sectors'
Arvind Subramanian talks about US and China's power play and where India figures in these dynamics.
The elements are all aligned to make India a global powerhouse, says IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
For 2017-18 and 2018-19, investors are better off focusing on the quality of measures announced in the Budget and outside it rather than on the Budget numbers themselves, says T T Ram Mohan.
According to the 2011 census, 67 per cent of rural households and 13 per cent of urban households defecate in the open.
India must streamline reforms, only then it will see success.
Reddy has worked to reform the economy.
For all the blame-game over the flood preparedness in Chennai and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, this is not the first of its kind. Nor would it be the last, given the nature of the north-east monsoon, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
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