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Selected Tag: Commodity

RBI Has Bought Time, Reforms Must Do the Rest

India’s central bank has secured breathing room amid mounting external pressures. Whether that respite endures now depends on reforms beyond Mint Street.

Srinath Sridharan

Anand Venkatanarayanan

June 11, 2026 at 5:56 AM IST

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Monetary Policy

RBI MPC raises India FY27 CPI inflation forecast to 5.1% from 4.6% earlier

The Monetary Policy Committee raised its forecast due to higher crude oil prices. Global supply chain disruptions, commodity price shocks, uncertainty over distribution of southwest monsoon, and El Niño conditions also pose upside risks, it said.

BasisPoint Insight

June 5, 2026 at 6:29 AM IST

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Monetary Policy

RBI Expected to Hold Rates, Focus Turns to Inflation and the Rupee

The RBI is expected to keep rates unchanged, but rising oil prices, a weak rupee and inflation risks could shift focus towards future policy tightening.

Team BasisPoint

June 3, 2026 at 6:22 AM IST

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Hyundai’s India Growth Story Carries a Seoul Discount

Hyundai’s India factory push is scaling up fast, but investors are starting to ask how much of the upside will stay in India.

Krishnadevan V

May 22, 2026 at 9:03 AM IST

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Gaming Ban Pushes India’s Traders Offshore 

India bans real-money gaming, but offshore prediction markets surge, exposing gaps between regulation, investor protection and financial innovation.

Indra Chourasia

May 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM IST

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Will the Iran War Accelerate or Delay Energy Transition?

War-driven energy shocks raise costs and uncertainty, forcing a trade-off: accelerate the shift to renewables or delay transition as economies fall back on fossil fuels for stability.

G. Chandrashekhar

April 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM IST

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Import Visibility Needed to Complete India’s Edible Oils Data Reform

Monthly production reporting is useful, but without visibility on import contracts, policy timing will remain reactive rather than anticipatory.

G. Chandrashekhar

November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM IST

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