Reserve Bank of India in News 2025: Latest Finance and Banking One-liners

The Reserve Bank of India plays a big role in managing India’s money, banks, and digital payments. In 2025, the RBI is making headlines with new banking rules, digital payment growth, financial policies, and technology updates.

Knowing the latest RBI current affairs is very important if you are preparing for SSC, Banking, RRB NTPC, UPSC, or State exams. This one-liner series will help you quickly revise key updates related to RBI policies, digital banking, inflation, interest rates, and economic growth.

Read now to stay ahead in your exam preparation!

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September 2025

◾ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a new microsite https://indiancurrency.rbi.org.in to educate the public about Indian banknotes, their security features, and authentication methods.
➡️ This new microsite has replaced the earlier RBI microsite – https://paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in.

◾ RBI has constituted a Regulatory Review Cell (RRC) to ensure all regulations issued by the Bank are subject to a comprehensive and systematic internal review once every five to seven years.

◾ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has renewed its Statement of Commitment (SoC) to the FX Global Code, reaffirming its dedication to global best practices in the foreign exchange (FX) market.

◾ RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.7 lakh on Muthoot FinCorp Limited, the flagship company of the Muthoot Pappachan Group, for non-compliance with norms related to the ‘Internal Ombudsman’ framework.

◾ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also imposed a monetary penalty of ₹44.70 lakh on Bandhan Bank Limited in August 2025, citing non-compliance with certain statutory and regulatory directions issued by the central bank.

◾ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Shri Shirish Chandhra Murmu as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a three-year term, effective October 9, 2025.

◾ DBS Bank India became the first wholly owned subsidiary of a foreign bank in India to be authorized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as an agency bank for collection of Goods and Services Tax (GST) payments.

August 2025

◾The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) rose to 493.22 in March 2025, reflecting the continued growth of digital transactions in the country.

◾The Central Government has nominated Anuradha Thakur as a Director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

◾ In its 56th meeting, the RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.50%.

◾The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principle approval to AU Small Finance Bank Limited for its transition into a Universal Bank (UB).

◾The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the nomination of Indranil Bhattacharyya as an ex officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

June – July 2025

◾ Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index)
🔹The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported that the Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index), which measures the extent of financial inclusion across the country, improved to 67 in March 2025 from 64.2 in March 2024.
🔹 The FI-Index is based on three broad parameters – Access, Usage, and Quality.

◾ RBI launched RBI-CRIS platform
🔹 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the ‘Reserve Bank–Climate Risk Information System (RBI-CRIS)’, a two-pronged data platform designed to bridge critical gaps in climate-related financial data.
🔹 In the acronym “RBI-CRIS”, the second letter ‘R’ stands for Risk.

◾ Flipkart gets NBFC licence from RBI
🔹 Flipkart became the first Indian e-commerce company to receive a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) licence from the Reserve Bank of India.
🔹 This enables the company to directly lend to customers and sellers on its platform.

◾ RBI launches documentary series with Jio Hotstar
🔹 The Reserve Bank of India, in collaboration with Jio Hotstar, launched a five-part documentary series titled ‘RBI Unlocked: Beyond the Rupee’.
🔹 The series aims to showcase the inner workings of India’s banking regulator and is produced by Chalkboard Entertainment.

◾ Vishweshwar Sahakari Bank gets Scheduled Bank status
🔹 The Vishweshwar Sahakari Bank Limited has been granted Scheduled Bank status by the Reserve Bank of India.
🔹 This status allows the bank to access RBI’s liquidity adjustment facility (LAF), and participate in clearing houses and other RBI schemes.

◾ RBI updates Supervisory Data Quality Index (sDQI)
🔹 The Supervisory Data Quality Index (sDQI), developed by the RBI to evaluate data quality submitted by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), showed improvement.
🔹 The sDQI score increased from 88.6 in March 2024 to 89.3 in March 2025, reflecting enhanced reporting standards.

◾ K. Paul Thomas elected Chairperson of Sa-Dhan
🔹 K. Paul Thomas was elected as the Chairperson of Sa-Dhan, a self-regulatory organization recognized by the RBI.
🔹 Sa-Dhan serves as an association for microfinance and impact finance institutions, promoting financial inclusion across India.

May 2025

◾ India’s total exports reached an all-time high of $824.9 billion in the financial year 2024–25, as per RBI data, including March 2025 services trade.

◾ RBI’s total gold holdings rose to 879.59 tonnes by the end of March 2025, according to its half-yearly forex reserves report.

◾ RBI has recognised the Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA) as a Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) in financial markets.

◾ RBI’s central board approved a record ₹2.69 trillion surplus transfer to the government for FY 2024–25, maintaining the Contingent Risk Buffer (CRB) at 7.5%.

◾ As per a recent RBI notification, three central government nominees are part of the newly constituted Payments Regulatory Board (PRB) for regulating payment systems.

April 2025

◾ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) marked its 90th anniversary in 2025.

◾ Economist Poonam Gupta has been appointed as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

◾ In its 54th meeting and first for FY 2025–26, RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the policy repo rate at 6%.

◾ Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed an MoU to strengthen anti-money laundering efforts.

◾ T. Rabi Sankar has been re-appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI for one year, effective from May 3, 2025.

◾ RBI has mandated all banks and financial entities to use the PRAVAAH portal from 1st May 2025; here, ‘R’ stands for ‘Regulatory’.

January-February-March 2025

• RBI received the Digital Transformation Award 2025 from Central Banking Publications for its initiatives ‘Sarthi’ and ‘PRAVAAH’ (Platform for Regulatory Application, Validation and AutHorisation).

• RBI to set up an ‘on Tap’ cohort on climate change risks and sustainable finance under its regulatory sandbox initiative.

• RBI signed an MoU with the Bank of Mauritius to promote the use of local currencies in cross-border trade.

• The USA emerged as the largest source of remittances to India, contributing 27.7% of total inward remittances in FY24, as per RBI’s latest remittances survey.

• RBI’s Digital Payments Index (DPI) rose to 465.33 in September 2024, reflecting the rapid growth of digital payments in India.

• RBI is launching exclusive internet domains for banking and financial entities, with IDRBT as the exclusive registrar; registrations start in April 2025.

• RBI introduced “RBIDATA”, a new mobile app for seamless access to macroeconomic and financial data on the Indian economy.

• RBI has mandated a 100% provision for dues pending receipt from the government for more than 90 days under the Government Debt Relief Scheme (DRS).

• M. Rajeshwar Rao has been appointed by the RBI to oversee the Monetary Policy and Economic Research Departments.

• Mahesh Kumar Jain serves as the chairperson of the new standing external advisory committee set up by the RBI to evaluate applications for universal banks and small finance banks (SFBs).

• RBI has mandated the use of the 1600xx numbering series for banks to call customers for transactional purposes to prevent financial fraud.

• National Housing Bank (NHB) set up the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securitisation (RMBS) Development Company Limited (RDCL), which has received a Certificate of Registration from the RBI to commence operations.

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