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Indian companies are keenly waiting for reforms on rules related to land acquisition, labour, coal and power sector, and foreign direct investment in insurance sector.
Reddy has worked to reform the economy.
A cut in rates would have encouraged the banks to lend aggressively on the retail front.
The unions are opposing the government's move to take away the public debt management from the Reserve Bank and curtail its powers on the monetary policy.
DBS called Rajan's decision not to seek an extension as a 'negative surprise'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the situation and favoured pushing ahead with the reforms agenda and taking more steps to strengthen the economy.
The government-appointed Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) has recommended a slew of reforms to overhaul the sector.
Data for more than 100 countries over 47 years shows little sign that currency appreciation causes a dent in inflation levels.
The focus shall also be on consolidation of public debt and reducing rollover risk through active switch/buyback operations.
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
Next bi-monthly policy statement on September 30.
The Indian government will present the annual budget for 2016-17 on February 29.
More steps are necessary to accelerate speed.
Discussion paper fixes Rs 1,000 cr as minimum capital for these specialised banks
Finance Minister expects rate cut by RBI.
Gopalakrishnan expressed happiness that many reforms bills are being passed in Parliament which is a good sign for democracy.
Arun Jaitley opted for a fiscal deficit of 3.9% in 2015-16.
The interim dividend will help Narendra Modi-led government partly bridge the deficit its budget had developed after the announcement of a Rs 75,000 crore a year cash dole scheme for small farmers.
The six-member monetary policy committee voted 5:1 for the decision, with only Ravindra Dholakia voting for a 0.25 per cent reduction in rates.
He was responding to a question on economic reforms in the country.
If this turns into reality, India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth will be the lowest since 2012-13, which could severely hit job creation and income growth in the near term.
The fuel reforms are a very important signal of the government's commitment to tough economic reforms.
The Reserve Bank of India is likely to cut policy rates by 0.25 per cent and keep the cash reserve ratio unchanged at its policy review next week, on the back of slower-than-expected growth and more encouraging inflation readings, says a report by HSBC.
Most central banks across the world have around 5-7 years of tenure for the governor and deputy governors.
Governments that do not respect central banks' independence will sooner or later incur the wrath of the financial markets, ignite economic fires, and come to rue the day they undermined an important regulatory institution; their wiser counterparts who invest in central bank independence will enjoy lower costs of borrowing, the love of international investors, and longer life spans, said Acharya, who will return to the New York University's Stern Business School in August.
From inflation, central bank shifts focus to rupee stability and capital flows.
Here is some background on the candidates seen as potential successors to Rajan at the RBI
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Food and fuel inflation in India have remained high for several years, the paper said, adding to durably reduce the current high inflation, the monetary policy stance needs to remain tight for a considerable length of time.
A Reuters poll showed only one out of 51 economists had expected a 50 basis points rate cut.
That's all it takes to protect an institution -- just one person with no past and no greed for the future, says Shekhar Gupta.
The Reserve Bank of India is in favour of a cautious and gradual approach to financial sector reforms rather than a big-bang approach, as advocated by the Percy Mistry Committee report on making Mumbai an international financial centre.
'If the RBI reduces the rate of interest, housing demand can pick up, investment can pick up, automobile demand can pick up...'
Onno Ruhl said it is imperative to have a favourable global environment in addition to the domestic advantages.
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday expressed hope that the economy will maintain the trend growth rate of 6.5 per cent and above for the rest of the years in the current decade. The economy will close the current fiscal logging in a growth of 6.5-7 per cent, he said, citing the projections of private sector analysts, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and international agencies like OECD and the IMF. "This appears to be reasonable at this point in time although we will get the data on the fiscal second quarter in a few days, which will give more clarity on these numbers.
Monetary policy easing in India puts it out of step with the United States, the world's largest economy, where interest rates are expected to rise later this year
India's central bank kept its key repo lending rate unchanged at 6.75 percent on Tuesday.
The RBI wants to enforce more transparency in public sector banks. Manojit Saha The Apex bank wants the government t oreduce stakes in PSUs.
Hindenburg Research has alleged that Adani Group was "engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud", a charge the conglomerate described as malicious, unsubstantiated, one-sided, and having done with malafide intention to ruin its share-sale.
There is a strong case for 25 basis points cut in interest rates.
Move to shift powers from RBI without discussions baffles many
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