MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of August 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: * The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 8.80 per cent in July 2025 (8.62 per cent in June 2025). * The WALR on outstanding rupee loans of SC...
MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 26, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹44.70 lakh (Rupees Forty-Four Lakh and Seventy Thousand only) on Bandhan Bank Limited (the bank) for contravention of section 10(1)(b)(ii) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act), and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on 'Automation of Income Recognition, Asset Classification and P...
MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: The value of exports and imports of services during July 2025 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) April - 2025 32,843 (8.8) 16,909 (0.9) May - 2025 32,452 (9.6) 16,694 (-1.1) June - 2025 32,105 (12.0) 15,897 (5.0) July - 2025 33,740 (10.2) 17,293 (8.5) Note: Figures in parentheses are growth rates over the correspondi...
MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Today, the Reserve Bank published its annual publication "Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy, 2024-25 (HBS)". The 27th edition in the series offers detailed time-series data on the Indian economy. It includes 244 statistical tables on macroeconomic and financial data such as national income, prices, money, banking, markets, public finances, foreign trade, balance of payments, and select socio-economic ...
MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: 1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Aug. 23 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 26802 34130 27463 -6667 661 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves* Item As on Aug. 22, 2025 Variation over Week End-March 2025 Year ͅ...
India, Aug. 28 -- New Delhi: An Indo-Pacific historical drama becomes PNG's official entry for the 98th Academy Awards, celebrating India's global storytelling reach.History has been written. Papa Buka, the first-ever Indian-Papua New Guinean cinematic partnership, will be PNG's entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards in 2026. This milestone is led by Odisha's two-time National Award and 40-plus State Award-winning producer, Akshay Kumar Parija, and the P...
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India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that about 18 students at a government school were subjected to corporal punishment by their teacher after locking them inside a room in Haflaganj area of Katihar district, Bihar on 21st August, 2025. Their ordeal stopped when some parents raised the alarm while visiting the premises in connection with some work. The Com...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that on 21st August, 2025, a 26-year-old woman allegedly died due to medical negligence after delivery at the Women Hospital attached to the SMS Medical College in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Reportedly, the family members of the woman have alleged that neither the hospital staff nor the doctors took care of her, even as she was p...
India, Aug. 28 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that an Imam sexually abused a 7-year-old boy at a mosque in the Jhabreda area of Roorkee, Uttarakhand on 20th August, 2025. Reportedly, the victim boy had gone to study in the mosque. The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of the human rights of the v...