Govt Partners with Sri Aurobindo Society to Support Inclusive Education: The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) signed an MoU with the Sri Aurobindo Society (SAS) in New Delhi. The agreement aims to promote inclusive education for children with disabilities by providing training and useful tools to teachers and education workers. This step […]
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RBI Financial Stability Report, June 2025
RBI Financial Stability Report, June 2025: India stands out as a beacon of stability and growth. The Reserve Bank of India’s latest Financial Stability Report (FSR), released in June 2025, paints a detailed picture of an economy that is not only expanding but doing so with remarkable strength across its financial sectors. While external risks […]
RBI to Auction Government Bonds Worth ₹25,000 Crore
RBI to Auction Government Bonds Worth ₹25,000 Crore: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will hold an auction of two government bonds worth ₹25,000 crore on July 11, 2025. This auction will take place through RBI’s e-Kuber platform at its Mumbai office. These types of bonds are known as dated securities, and they help the […]
SEBI Bans Jane Street
SEBI Bans Jane Street: US-based Jane Street, a prominent proprietary trading firm, has been banned by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for engaging in manipulative trading practices that disrupted market integrity and resulted in massive illegal profits. Manipulative Trading: Jane Street executed trades in the derivatives (futures) segment not to profit from market […]
PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Dissemination Portal
PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Dissemination Portal: The PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Dissemination Portal was launched. PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Dissemination Portal provides open access to National and State-level data on student performance. This tool is expected to serve as a key resource for States/UTs to design targeted improvement plans to enhance learning outcomes and bridge skill gaps. PARAKH […]
Reserve Bank of India (Pre-payment Charges on Loans) Directions, 2025
Reserve Bank of India (Pre-payment Charges on Loans) Directions, 2025: The RBI recently announced Reserve Bank of India (Pre-payment Charges on Loans) Directions, 2025, prohibiting banks and other regulated lenders from charging prepayment penalties on floating-rate loans availed by individuals for non-business purposes. It prohibited banks and other regulated lenders from charging prepayment penalties on […]
Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR)
Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted a ₹1 lakh crore 7-day Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction to manage surplus liquidity, which had peaked at ₹3.75 lakh crore. The Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) is a monetary policy tool used by the RBI to absorb excess liquidity from the […]
Volume Weighted Average Price
Volume Weighted Average Price: To make trading easier for institutional investors and market participants, SEBI recently made it mandatory to issue a Common Contract Note with a single volume weighted average price. The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is, as the name suggests, is the average price of a stock weighted by the total trading […]
Financial Fraud Risk Indicator
Financial Fraud Risk Indicator: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) directed all Scheduled Commercial Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks, and Co-operative Banks to integrate the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) developed by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) into their systems. Financial Fraud Risk Indicator was launched by the Department of Telecommunications Digital Intelligence Unit […]
Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development
Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development: The National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) has been renamed as the Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development. A new Regional Centre in Ranchi will also be inaugurated to strengthen grassroots implementation of women and child welfare schemes in Eastern […]
