Gold imports rose in December to 25 tonnes, higher than 19 tonnes in the previous month, mainly on account of wrong interpretation of the RBI’s 80:20 scheme, sources said.
Rajan said that along with a strong increase in food production, the government must contain the rise in wages so that relative wages in agriculture could rise without too much problems.
In less than a month after putting up a plan for better fire-fighting against bad loans, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has finalised the rules for Indian banks.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had imposed the fine on CIL, the first major penalty by the regulator on a state-owned entity, for allegedly abusing its dominant position in fuel supplies.
The government had to discard the first-come-first serve basis for auctioning 2G airwaves and had to auction afresh after the Supreme Court ordered in 2012 the cancellation of 122 licences issued in 2008.
This would directly impact operations of banks like SBI, Bank of India and Bank of Baroda, which operate larger deposit taking retail services across Britain.
Reserve Bank of India this month proposed to scrap a 14-year-old system under which state debt is valued at a fixed spread of a quarter-percentage point over government bonds.
Gandhi was the top choice for the finance ministry as he was the senior most among the three shortlisted candidates. His name was recommended by North Block to the PMO.
“The Cabinet has to take a call on whatever step is to be taken next,” finance secretary Sumit Bose, said, when asked about the mode of recovering the disputed tax demand.