New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The latest financial reforms aim to attract stable long-term foreign capital, deepen the G-Sec market, and strengthen India’s debt market by broadening and diversifying the investor base, an official fact-sheet said on Saturday.Greater foreign participation will provide an additional source of funding for infrastructure, manufacturing, urban development, climate initiatives, and other national priorities. It will also improve market liquidity and price discovery, support…
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New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Finance Ministry on Friday said it has taken a series of measures to broaden and simplify foreign investment in Indian equities and government securities, to attract stable long-term foreign capital flows.Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget FY 2026-27 had announced that individual Persons Resident Outside India (PROI) will be permitted to invest in equity instruments of listed Indian companies through the Portfolio Investment…
Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India announced on Friday that it is carrying out a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction worth Rs 2 lakh crore with a 7-day tenor to absorb excess, durable liquidity from the banking system. The date of reversal is April 17.The VRRR is used to absorb excess liquidity when the system has a surplus, which helps maintain interest rates within the RBI’s prescribed corridor.This move follows the RBI’s revised liquidity management framework, which prior…
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday injected Rs 84,582 crore into the banking system to enhance liquidity through two variable rate repo (VRR) auctions.The central bank injected Rs 50,001 crore through the first three-day VRR auction early in the day at a cut-off rate of 5.34 per cent and weighted average rate of 5.44 per cent, according to an RBI statement.The RBI injected another Rs 34,581 crore at 5.26 per cent cut-off and 5.30 per cent weighted average rate at a…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The government announced on Friday that, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it has decided to borrow Rs 8.20 lakh crore during the first half (H1) of the financial year 2026-27.Gross market borrowing in the Budget Estimate (BE) 2026-27 was fixed at Rs 17.20 lakh crore. Since the presentation of the Budget, switches of G-Sec were conducted, reducing gross market borrowing to Rs 16.09 lakh crore. As much as Rs 8.20 lakh crore, which works out to 51 per…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), through policies across macroeconomics, capital markets, infrastructure, digital finance and investor protection and empowerment, has strengthened economic fundamentals and positioned India for sustained future growth, according to the government.For example, DEA guided India’s economic management, fiscal strategy, and financial sector coordination, while implementing reforms to support growth, stability, investment, and global…