Reserve Bank Of India In News 2025

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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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Reserve Bank of India in News 2025

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.