India's rice sowing during the ongoing monsoon season has surpassed expectations, reaching 109 per cent of the normal sown area, according to a report by ICICI Bank.
India's cumulative rainfall remains in surplus this monsoon season, standing at 101 per cent of the long-period average (LPA), a notch higher than last week's 100 per cent, according to a report by ICICI Bank Global Markets.
State Development Loans (SDLs) continued to see subdued investor appetite for the seventh consecutive week, while central government securities (G-secs) witnessed better demand, especially for the newly introduced 30-year tenor, according to a report by ICICI Bank.
In a major relief to its customers, ICICI Bank on Thursday announced a rollback of its recent decision to hike the minimum average monthly balance (MAB) for certain savings accounts to Rs 50,000. The private sector lender has now reduced the MAB requirement to Rs 15,000.
The minimum balance requirements for saving accounts does not come under the regulatory domain of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks decide it as per their own business needs, stated RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on questions of ICICI Bank raising minimum balance requirement in saving acc
The combined fiscal deficit of 24 Indian states, representing nearly 92 per cent of the country's GDP, reached Rs 1.5 trillion or 1.8 per cent of GSDP in the first quarter of 2025-26 - April-June, according to a report by ICICI Bank Global Markets.
ICICI Bank has significantly increased the minimum average balance requirement for its savings accounts across all branch categories, with the new rules effective from August 1, 2025.
The Indian Rupee is likely to weaken further to 88.5 per U.S. dollar following the imposition of fresh tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a report by ICICI Bank.
The likelihood of a 25 basis points rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in September has increased, but the final decision will depend on upcoming economic data, according to a recent report by ICICI Bank.
India's industrial outlook is expected to remain weak in the near term as due to above normal monsoon mining and electricity output are expected to stay subdued, according to a report by ICICI Bank
An appellate tribunal has found former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar guilty of accepting Rs 64 crore as bribe in exchange for sanctioning a Rs 300 crore loan to the Videocon Group in 2009, an ED official told ANI.