NEW DELHI – The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee on Friday announced a status quo on the repo rate while maintaining an accommodative policy stance. In its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY23, the MPC expectedly kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. The central bank’s rate-setting committee reiterated the…Continue Reading

SRINAGAR: When 26-year-old Pankaj Kumar from Jammu broke a leg recently in a farm accident and went through a long, expensive treatment that involved advanced surgery in private care, the J&K government picked up the tab. All expenses were paid through the Centre’s SEHAT scheme that offers free, universal healthcare. For its part, the J&K…Continue Reading