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RBI reopens Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) with an investment limit of ₹2,50,000 crore

RBI reopens Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) with an investment limit of ₹2,50,000 crore

The Reserve Bank of India introduced the Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) for investments by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) on March 01, 2019. An amount of ₹1,50,000 crore was offered for investment through VRR, in three tranches so far; of which around ₹1,49,995 crore have been availed as on February 10, 2022. Now RBI has increased this investment

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RBI keeps Repo Rate unchanged at 4.0 percent; GDP growth for 2022-23- 7.8 percent.

RBI keeps Repo Rate unchanged at 4.0 percent; GDP growth for 2022-23- 7.8 percent.

Reserve Bank of India conducted the 6th and the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting for 2021-22 between February 8-10, 2022. Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 4.0 percent. The central bank had last revised the policy rate on May 22, 2020, in an off-policy cycle to perk

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Safer Internet Day: 08 February 2022

Safer Internet Day: 08 February 2022

Safer Internet Day is observed every year on the second day of the second week of February with the aim of providing a safer and better internet. This year in 2022, Safer Internet Day falls on 08 February 2022. This year, its theme is ‘Together for a better internet’. The initiative calls upon all stakeholders to join together to make

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TEPC organizes exclusive International Business Expo ‘India Telecom 2022’

TEPC organizes exclusive International Business Expo ‘India Telecom 2022’

Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) has organized Exclusive International Business Expo titled as ‘India Telecom 2022’. It is being held from 8th to 10th February. Aim: to provide opportunities to the Indian telecom stakeholders to meet qualified overseas buyers. It will be held under Market Access Initiative Scheme (MAI) of Department of Commerce and with support of Department of

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Gujarat govt announces new IT/ITeS policy to generate 1 lakh employment

Gujarat govt announces new IT/ITeS policy to generate 1 lakh employment

Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel has announced new IT/ITeS policy for the next five years Aim: to provide financial incentives up to Rs 200 crore to the entities willing to incur capital expenditures. Announcing this, Chief Minister Patel said that it aims to generate employment for about 1 lakh youths in the next five years. It also seeks to

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Paul Collingwood appointed as interim head coach of England cricket team

Paul Collingwood appointed as interim head coach of England cricket team

England has appointed Paul Collingwood as the interim head coach of the team for the upcoming three-Test tour against West Indies. His appointment comes after former head coach Chris Silverwood and managing director (MD) Ashley Giles were sacked, following England’s 4-0 Ashes defeat to Australia. Paul David Collingwood: Former English cricketer, who played all three formats of the game internationally for England.

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