RBI needs to innovate on OMO management as better signalling device: SBI report

IANS | January 28, 2026 8:50 AM

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Even as the RBI has cut repo rate by 125 basis points and has proactively injected/announced Rs 6.6 lakh crore in the current fiscal as part of open market operations (OMO), yields are refusing to budge down, as such level of liquidity management has resulted in asymmetric transmission across market segments, an SBI Research report said on Wednesday.

How India Stack helped build a cashless and paperless digital economy

IANS | January 27, 2026 8:22 PM

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) India’s ambitious digital journey over the past decade has been powered by a unique framework known as the India Stack, which has helped the country build a cashless, paperless and presence-less digital ecosystem at scale, a report has said.

India-EU FTA now opens entire European market for Indian exporters: FIEO

IANS | January 27, 2026 4:56 PM

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The India-EU free trade agreement (FTA), together with the government’s recent FTAs with the UK and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), effectively opens the entire European market for Indian exporters -- marking a strategic breakthrough in India’s trade diplomacy, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said on Tuesday.