Inflation to moderate from September onwards: Shaktikanta Das

04 Sep 2023 Evaluate

Citing a fall in the prices of vegetables like tomatoes, restrictions imposed on the export of non-basmati rice and cut in the prices of domestic LPG cylinders, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das expressed optimism over the India’s inflation scenario and said that the central bank expects inflation to moderate from September onwards.

He said ‘August inflation will be again very high, but we expect from September onwards inflation to go down’. He said that the prices of tomatoes have already fallen and retail prices of other vegetables are also expected to come down from this month. He noted the government has taken several steps to ensure the supply of tomatoes and other items of common need to the people at affordable prices.

He asserted that despite all the global challenges, India is among the fastest-growing major economies in the world. He added the position of Indian banks is strong and stable due to strong regulatory measures, ‘but the domestic financial world always needs to be vigilant’. He said ‘You must have seen the failure of some banks in the US recently and big banks like Credit Suisse in Switzerland. But this global turmoil had no impact on India’.

Das also said that due to the promotion of digital payments, the number of transactions through UPI in the country crossed 10 billion in August. The RBI Governor said efforts are being made to promote payments through feature phones in the country so that even those people in remote areas who do not have smartphones and where there is a problem with mobile networks can take advantage of this facility.

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