RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, "The situation has shown improvement in Q3:2022-23 (third quarter or October-December) as imports moderated in the wake of lower commodity prices, resulting in narrowing of the merchandise trade deficit."
The central bank's governor said, "As part of our gradual move towards normalising liquidity and market operations, it has now been decided to restore market hours for the government securities (G-secs) market to the pre-pandemic timing of 9 am to 5 pm."
The RBI governor said net foreign direct investment (FDI) flows remain strong at USD 22.3 billion during April-December 2022. It was USD 24.8 billion in the corresponding period last year, he added.
Reserve Bank of India said it has proposed to permit all inbound travellers to India to use UPI for their merchant payments while they are in the country.
These vending machines will dispense coins against debit to the customer's account using Unified Payments Interface (UPI) instead of physical tendering of banknotes.
The GDP projections for Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 2023-24 are estimated at 7.8 per cent, 6.2 per cent, 6.0 per cent, and 5.8 per cent, respectively, with risks, evenly balanced.