Issue: 1290
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Cabinet approves GOBARdhan, India’s National Unified Scheme
for Compressed Biogas, with an outlay of Rs.23,731 crore.
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Insurance Division, DFS Secures 3rd Rank in Group A Category
of Grievance Redressal Assessment & Index (GRAI) for June 2026.
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RBI bars banks from disabling mobile devices of defaulting
borrowers.
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SBI Life partners with J&K Bank to offer insurance
solutions across India.
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LIC sees no further govt stake sale for 18-24 mths.
Tariff on most items to be
in single digits in FY28 Budget: FM Sitharaman: The government will continue its rationalising
tariffs in the Budget for 2027-28 (FY28) and aims to lower the Customs duty on
most items to a single-digit rate, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
said on Thursday. “Maybe by the Budget of 2027-28, I’d be able to say
that, barring a few items, it (Customs duty) will come down to single digits,”
Sitharaman said at the National Council of Applied Economic Research’s India
Policy Forum in New Delhi. “Even now, barring 13 items, we have rationalised
the rate,” Sitharaman said. Following the rationalisation so far, India's
average customs duty rate has fallen to 10.66 per cent from 11.65 per cent,
according to government estimates.
(Business Standard)
Corporate bond issuances
likely to resume after RBI's dovish pause: After the Reserve Bank of
India's Monetary Policy Committee retained the policy repo rate with a dovish
tone, corporate bond issuances are expected to pick up, with Rural
Electrification Corporation (REC) planning to raise up to Rs.7,000 crore
through bonds on Friday. NABARD, which withdrew its bond issue earlier this
week, is also expected to return to the market next week, dealers said. REC
will tap the market through two non-convertible debenture (NCD) series on the
NSE Electronic Book Provider platform on Friday. The base issue size is Rs.500
crore for the three-year-and-20-day bond, with a greenshoe option of Rs.2,500
crore, taking the total issue size to Rs.3,000 crore. The bond will mature on
August 31, 2029.
(Business Standard)
No commitments relating to
ethanol import from US under FTA talks: Govt: The government on Thursday
said no concessions or commitments relating to the import of ethanol for fuel
blending from the US have been made in the India-US trade pact discussions. India's
fuel blending programme and ethanol procurement continue to be governed solely
by the country's domestic policy requirements, the commerce and industry
ministry said in a statement.
(Business Standard)
RBI releases new NBFC
upper-layer list; REC, PFC, IRFC, HUDCO among 4 new entrants: RBI on August 6 released its
latest list of Upper Layer Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC-UL), adding
four state-owned lenders to the category that is subject to enhanced regulatory
oversight under the central bank's scale-based regulation framework. The
latest list comprises 17 NBFCs, up from 15 in the previous list released for
FY25. The new entrants are REC Ltd, Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC), Indian
Railway Finance Corporation Ltd (IRFC) and Housing and Urban Development
Corporation Ltd (HUDCO). The RBI has removed PNB Housing Finance Ltd and
Sammaan Capital Ltd from the latest list. The RBI also retained Tata
Sons Pvt Ltd in the Upper Layer list.
(Moneycontrol)
UPI transactions remain free
for users; MDR only for banks: Union finance minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on August 6 clarified that the merchant discount rate (MDR) will
apply only to merchants and not end users. Sitharaman said the move will
support banks and fintech firms to invest more on infrastructure, innovation
and security, claiming that all the users of UPI will reap the benefits of this
investment.
(Moneycontrol)
LIC Q1 results: Net profit
rises 23% to Rs 13,492 crore: Life Insurance Corporation of
India reported a 23 percent increase in first-quarter profit on Thursday,
helped by a rise in premium income from new policies and strong renewals. The
insurer's net profit rose to Rs 13,492 crore for the quarter ended June
30. The country's biggest insurer had earned a profit of Rs 10,987 crore
in the corresponding quarter a year earlier. The total income of the
insurer during the reporting quarter improved to Rs 2,37,848 crore from Rs
2,22,864 crore in the same period of the preceding fiscal year, LIC said in an
exchange filing.
(Moneycontrol)
RBI issues stricter loan
recovery rules to protect borrowers from harassment: To ensure fair treatment of
borrowers during the recovery process, the RBI has issued comprehensive
instructions to lenders, including asking them to contact/ visit a borrower/
guarantor only between 08:00 hours and 19:00 hours, and to avoid inappropriate
occasions, such as bereavement in the family or medical emergencies, for making
calls/ visits. RBI said a bank shall document
the time and number of calls made by its employee/recovery agent to the
borrower/guarantor for recovery of loan dues. Further, the bank shall ensure
that recordings of the content/text of calls made by the employee/recovery
agent to the borrower/guarantor, and by the borrower/guarantor to the
telephone/mobile number provided by the bank, are maintained. In
the case of a mobile device financed by a lender, due notice must be issued to
the borrower. However, the bank shall not initiate any restriction or turn off
the device’s functionalities using the technology mechanism deployed for this
purpose until the associated loan is 30 days past due and the borrower has not
paid the amount due despite being served notices in this regard.
(Business Line)
RBI plans to bar
NBFCs from offering revolving credit without approval: In a recent announcement, the Reserve
Bank of India has introduced fresh regulations for non-banking financial
companies. Moving forward, NBFCs will be restricted to providing only term
loans, effectively barring revolving credit offerings, though those currently
authorized to issue credit cards are not affected. Standalone NBFCs will
require prior permissions and significant funding to independently offer credit
cards. The central bank is actively seeking input on these upcoming policies.
(Economic Times)
No decision yet
on merchant discount rate on UPI deals: Central bank governor Sanjay Malhotra
stated it is premature to discuss UPI transaction charges. Discussions are
ongoing regarding the payment mechanism's future and costs. The government is
reportedly amending laws to allow merchant discount rates on select UPI
transactions. This move follows Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's
introduction of a new bill. The central bank's current focus remains on
strengthening UPI adoption across India.
(Economic Times)
CreditAccess India sells
2.28% stake in Grameen to offer investors liquidity: CreditAccess India, the promoter of India’s largest
pure-play microfinance lender CreditAccess Grameen, has sold a 2.28% stake
through block deals to provide a partial exit opportunity to long-term
investors. The stake sale is part of a broader plan to increase the company’s
free float, bring in new investors and broaden institutional ownership, while
the promoter continues to back CreditAccess Grameen’s long-term growth plans.
(Economic Times)
July auto retail sales hit
record high on rising rural demand: Vehicle registrations saw a significant 26%
year-on-year increase in July. This performance marked the best-ever July for
all vehicle segments combined. Two-wheeler sales grew 28%, while passenger
vehicles climbed 19% last month. Rural markets outperformed urban centers
across most vehicle categories. Electric vehicle adoption also reached new
record highs in July.
(Business Standard)
Dabur challenges FSSAI
order banning '100%' claims in Delhi High Court: Consumer goods major Dabur has moved the Delhi
High Court challenging a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
order directing it to immediately stop selling food products carrying claims
such as “100% Pure”, “100% Natural”, “100% Purity Guaranteed”, and “100%
Organic”. The petition was mentioned for urgent listing by
senior advocate Sandeep Sethi before a division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra
Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia. The Bench accepted the request and
agreed to hear the matter urgently. The case is likely to be heard on Friday.The
challenge arises from FSSAI’s prohibition order, which held that the use of
absolute “100%” claims violates the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and
Claims) Regulations, 2018.
(Business Standard)
Govt launches 10-year CBG
Mission with assured price, credit guarantee to cut gas imports: Seeking to reduce India's
dependence on imported natural gas, the Cabinet on August 6 approved a 10-year
Compressed Biogas (CBG) Mission that promises an assured purchase price, credit
guarantees and capital support to rapidly expand domestic production. The
mission comes at a time when India imports nearly half of its natural gas
requirement, exposing the economy to global price shocks and geopolitical
disruptions. At the heart of the scheme is
a guaranteed price of Rs 2,110 per MMBtu, translating to around Rs 105 per kg
of CBG, providing long-term revenue certainty to producers.
(Moneycontrol)
Lok Sabha passes Bill
proposing tax holidays, predictability: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Taxation
and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which proposes a slew of tax concessions
aimed to attract foreign investment, support domestic manufacturing, and make
India a more predictable place for global capital. The Bill, which amends the
Income Tax Act, 2025, offers extended tax holidays for contract manufacturers
and warehouses of electronic goods. It also eases conditions for foreign
companies to operate data centres from India, and for India-domiciled foreign
funds to avail tax exemption on their global income. Introduced in the Lok
Sabha on Tuesday, the Bill also amends the Payment and Settlement Systems Act,
2007, paving the way for the levy of merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI and
RuPay debit card transactions..
(Financial Express)
Sebi eyes SLB revamp,
single-window clearance for intermediaries in FY27: The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Sebi) plans to revamp the Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) framework,
roll out a single-window clearance system for intermediaries associated with
multiple market infrastructure institutions (MIIs), and launch the Sebi Setu
portal as part of its regulatory agenda for 2026-27 (FY27), Sebi Chairman Tuhin
Kanta Pandey said in the regulator’s annual report. “In the coming year, Sebi
will continue to focus on identifying and removing regulatory redundancies,
simplifying procedural requirements, and leveraging technology to ease the
compliance burden,” Pandey said. He added that the regulator would continue to
deepen the cash equities market to spur capital formation.
(Business Standard)
DARKWEB
§ The
dark web or darknet is a part of the World Wide Web only accessible through
special software or tools. This keeps its users and visitors hidden because
they often exchange illegal and stolen information, such as people’s personally
identifiable information. This information may include Social Security numbers,
phone numbers, and credit card numbers.
§ The
dark web is also used in certain extortion-related processes. It is common to
observe data from ransomware attacks on several dark web sites, for example
data sales sites or public data repository sites.
§ Commercial
darknet markets mediate transactions for illegal goods and typically use Bitcoin
as payment. Bitcoin is one of the main cryptocurrencies used in dark web
marketplaces due to the flexibility and relative anonymity of the currency.
RBI KEY RATES
Repo
Rate: 5.25%
SDF:
5.00%
MSF
/Bank Rate: 5.50%
CRR:
3.00%
SLR:
18.00%
FOREX RATES (RBI REF. RATE)
INR
/ 1 USD : 95.2053
INR
/ 1 GBP : 128.1679
INR
/ 1 EUR : 109.9418
INR
/100 JPY: 60.3500
EQUITY INDEX
Sensex:
78954.76 (+373.76)
NIFTY:
24636.00 (+11.35)
Bnk NIFTY: 58063.65 (+323.70)
National Handloom Day: August 7th is
celebrated as National Handloom Day in India. The day honors the handloom
weaving community, highlights the sector's contribution to the country's
socio-economic development, and commemorates the launch of the Swadeshi
Movement on August 7, 1905.
Historical events: August 7 marks
major milestones, notably the 1905 launch of India's Swadeshi Movement against
the partition of Bengal (now commemorated as National Handloom Day), the 1941
death of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the 1925 birth of agricultural
scientist M.S. Swaminathan, and globally, the 1990 start of Operation Desert
Shield.
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