Monday, 9 February 2026

DECEMBER - JANUARY BANKING & FINANCE CA IN 2025/26

DECEMBER 2025 - 

 APPOINTMENTS - 

Indian Female Cricketer Captain Harmanpreet kaur Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Punjab National Bank. ( FIRST FEMALE BRAND AMBASSADOR) 

) Ramkrishna Chander Has Been Appointed As The New Managing Director Of LIC


*   Team Lease APPOINTS Suparna Mitra As MD & CEO 

Jeyandran Venugopal Has Been Appointed As The President And CEO Of Reliance Retail VENTURES 


* RBI Approve The APOINTMENT Of Vikram Sahu As The CEO Of Bank Of America.

* Shri Samiran Sinha Ray Has Been Appointed As Chief Human Resources Officer Of NEEPCO, Under NTPC 

* Sunil Kumar Chugh Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of Canara Bank 

* Parag Rao Has Appointed As The Additional Director Of M & M Fin Board.

 * Arkin Gupta Named Forbes Under 30 List Of Financial Innovation.

 AJAI Kumar Shukla Has Been Appointed As New MD & CEO Of PNB Housing Finance.

NSE MD & CEO Asish Chauhan Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of (Acting) IIM CALCUTTA.

 * State Bank of India ( SBI) Appoints Ravi Ranjan As Its Managing Director.

 Uttar Pradesh Has Emerged As The Fastest Growing Startup Ecosystem With 18000+ Start-ups.

 Bubhanesh Tharashankar Has Resigned As CFO Of RBL BANK.

 State Bank of India ( SBI) Reappointed Ashwini Kumar Tewari As Managing Director Of Bank Till December 31 2027 

Jio Financial Services Appoints Venkata Peri As Group COO 

B Sairam Assume As The Chairman Cum Managing Director Of Coal India' LIMITED ( CIL) 

 Rahul Jain Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Financial OFFICER At Suzlon.

* Archana Vyas Has Been Appointed As The New Country DIRECTOR For India GATES FOUNDATION.

Bharti Airtel Appoints Shashwat Sharma As New MD & CEO 

* Soumen Roy Appointed As GROUP CFO 

* Akhil Garg As CFO ( Airtel India) 

* IRS OFFICER RAKESH GUPTA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF VIGILANCE OFFICER OF CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES ( CBDT).

* Yes Bank Board Member Ms Rekha Murthy Joins Reddif Board As IPO 

IIFL Finance Appoints Ex - RBI Deputy Governor B P Kanungo As Chairman.

Indian - Origin Amazon Veteran Anand Varadarajan Named CTO Of Starbuck.

FSIB Recommended Brajesh Kumar Singh As The MD & CEO Of Canara Bank.

 * NIT Prof Mr VENKATA Narshi mam Appointed As The Group Chief Operating Officer, Jio Financial Services.

Shri Saleem Ahmad Assumed As The Chairman And Managing Director Of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited ( RVNL)

UNVEILED - 

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Launched Cyient AI Labs - BijAIPatha, CSR - Led NATIONAL Initiative To Democratise Access To Artificial Intelligence At Hampi, Karnataka 

BANKING - 

 19 Billions UPI Transaction Done in November 2025

GST COLLECTION ALL Indian States In November 2025 


- 16,122 Crores Maharashtra 
- 7,667 Crores Uttar Pradesh 
- 7574 Crores Karnataka 
- 6800 Crores Tamilnadu 
- 6723 Crores Gujarat 
- 3954 Crores Rajasthan 
- 3835 Crores Haryana 
- 3910 Crores Telengana 
- 3711 Crores West Bengal 
- 3035 Crores Delhi 
- 2963 Crores Kerala 

* 24.58 Lakh Crores UPI TRANSACTION Done In November 2025

* Harmanpreet kaur, PNB Brand Ambassador Has Unveiled The PNB Rupay Metal Credit Card Luxura, PNB ONE 2.0, Digi Surya Ghar, 


* Atal Pension Yojana Has Crossed 8.34 Crores Enrolment 

* LIC And Yes Bank Announced A Strategic Partnership For Banccasureance.

 * RBI Cuts Repo Rate By 25 bps To 5.25%.
 RBI Announced The New Bank Rule 

*  SEBI Launched The PaRRVA To Curb Misleading Returns Claims 

* India's UPI Recognised by International Monetary Fund ( IMF) As The World's Largest Real Time Retail Payment System By Transaction Volume 

( REPORT By - Growing Retail Digital Payments - The Value Of Interoperability Lists UPI As The World's Largest Retail Fast Payment System) 

* Indusind Bank Partners With Jio -bp To Launch Indusind Bank Jio -bp Mobility+ Credit Card.

The ASIAN development BANK (ADB) Has Raised Growth forecast For India To 7.2% From 6.5%

* Cabinet Approved The Insurance Amendment Bill 


* MSME MINISTRY Signed MoU With Amazon To Strengthen Market Access For PM Vishwakarma Artesian 

* Steel Authority Of India' (SAIL) Achieved 27% Growth its Sale in November 2025 

Department Of Post And BSE Signed MoU To Expand Mutual Fund Access Across India.

State Bank of India ( SBI) Unveiled Yono 2.0 

HDFC Bank Get RBI NOD To Acquire Aggregate Holding Of Upto 9.50% in Indusind Bank For 1 Year.

* India' And Asian Development Bank Have Signed Loan Worth Over USD 2.2 Billion For Development Project. (for Pradhan Mantri Skilling And Employment , Industrial) 

 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Introduced The SECURITIES Market Code 2025 Bill.

SEBI MUTUAL FUNDS RULE 2025 - 

 SEBI Clears The Mutual Fund Rules 2026 ( Replacing 1996 Framework) 
( SEBI APPROVED THE STOCKS BROCKERS) Regulations 2025 


* Google Pay Launched Its First' Credit Card - Called - FLEX, In Partnership With Axis Bank.

* India's Cereal Exports 
* Vodafone - Idea Has Launched India's First Recharge Linked Mobile Theft & Loss Insurance For Prepaid Users.

* Drugs And Pharmaceuticals Exports Increase By 20.91% From USD 2.16 Billion in November 2024 To USD 2.61% Billion in November 2025 

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited ( BHEL) Handed Over A Dividend Of Rs 109 Crores To Government.

 India's Cumulative Exports ( Merchandise And Services) Rose To USD Rs 562.13 billion in April - November 2025 As Compared To USD 533.16 billion in April - November 2024 

 RBI Imposed 6 Months Restrictions On The Valsad Mahila Nagrik Sahakari Ban

Government To Sell Stake In 3 Public Sector bank, UCO  Bank, Central Bank Of India And Punjab And Sindh Bank 

 ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE Insurance Received GST Demand And Penalty Of Rs 18.82 Cr FY 2022.

 RBI Penalised The Kotak Mahindra Bank Of Rs 61.95 Lakh For Regulatory Lapses.

The Central Board Of Directors Of The RBI Has Approved A Risk Based Deposit Insurance Framework For Banks At 620th Meeting Held At Hyderabad.

* India And New Zealand Agreed On Free Trade Agreements (FTA) 

SABKA BIMA SABKI RAKSHA ( AMENDMENT FOR INSURANCE LAWS) BILL 2025 - 

* UNION FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA SITHARAMAN INTRODUCE THE BILL SABKA BIMA SABKI RAKSHA ( AMENDMENT OF INSURANCE LAWS) BILL ON TUESDAY (16/12/2025)ON LOK SABHA.

* RAJYA SABHA PASSED THE BILL ON 17/12/2025 

* THIS BILL ALLOWS 100% FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) IN THE INSURANCE SECTOR.

* MERGERS OF NON INSURANCE & INSURANCE COMPANIES ALLOWED.

* IT ALLOWS FOR CAP ON COMMISSION OF INSURANCE AGENTS & INTERMEDIARY.

* IT MANDATES DATA COLLECTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT. 

* Goldman Sachs GDP Forecast For India (7.6%)

Till 2025 December India Has Been FTA Signed Since 2021

* IIFL Capital Services Received A Certificate Of Registration From IRDAI As Corporate Agent.

Union Minister Prahlad Joshi Has Released a New BIS Standard For Incense Sticks To Enhance Customer Safety.

* Kandla International Container Terminal Has Achieved A Historical Milestone By Handling 78,06,220 MT In 2025 

* FICCI Awarded The 
- Best Insurance Campaign ( Life Category) - Generali Central Life Insurance. Company' Limited 

Paypal Partnership With NPCI To Launch Global UPI Based Payment Platform.

* Contribution Of Indian Sectors in GDP 2025 
( Services 55%, INDUSTRY 27%, Agriculture 18%)

The RBI has Released The Trend And Progress Of Banking in india 2024/25 Report.

26 Years Of The Trade Marks Act 1999.
* NEW LOGO - 

RRB Unveiled Its New Logo 

*  V O Chidambaranar Port Authority, Tuticorin, Has Achieved Makes History Its Longest Ever Container Vessel 304 Meters in Length And 40 meter in Beam 

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) Has Imposed Rs 11 Lakh Penalty On UPSC Coaching Institutes For Misleading Claims.

NAVARATNA STATUS  

* NUMALIGARH REFINERY LIMITED ( NRL) GUWAHATI, ASSAM HAS RECOGNISED AS NEW NAVARATNA COMPANY 


AWARDS - 

 BEL Kotwada Unit Has Won The Platinum Award At CII - EXIM Bank Excellence AWARD 

India Post Has Awarded By The Asia Pacific Postal UNION ( APPU) Under Innovation Award.

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Named TIMES CEO Of The Year 2025.


* Kiran Mazumder Shaw Wins The USC India Award For Business Management.

State Bank of India (SBI) Has Honoured WITH Excellence in Sustainable & Responsible Banking Bank At The 7th ETBFSI Exceller Award 2025

 BPCL MUMBAI Refinery Wins The Best Sustainable Project Of The Year 2025 Award.

 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu Has Been Honoured With Business Reformers Of The Year By Economic Times.

Coal India' Honoured With The ET NOW Champion Of CSR 2025 Award.

Mazagon dock Shipyard Limited ( MDL) Has Awarded Best Health Care Support initiative Of The Year 2025 At Indian Social Impact Award, New Delhi 

Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla Has Bagged Port Of The Year Award - Non Containerised Cargo Award At Gujarat Junction 2025. 

 Punjab National Bank Has Honoured With Best Bank For Supporting Startup At The MSME Banking Excellence Award 2025 

ECIL, The Industrial Unit Of Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE) Received IEI Industrial Excellence Award 2025 

JANUARY 2026 - 

ECONOMY - 

India Surpass Japan Became The World's 4th Largest Economy Countries ( 4.18 Trillion USD) 

India's Exports In 2025 ( State Wise) 

 India Rolls Out a Rs 7295 Crores Exporters Credit Package 


Deposit Insurance And Credit Guarantee Corporation ( DICGC) Celebrates 64th Foundation Day.

India Surpassed China in Production Of Rice ( 150.18 millions Tonnes In 2025) 

( China - 145.28 million Tonnes)

Bank Of America Has Raised The GDP Of India To 7.6% 

Ashika Group has Been APPROVED As Mutual Fund Capital By SEBI.

EXIM Bank India Has Successfully Issuing 10 Year And 30 Years USD 1 billion Bond

Life Insurance Corporation Of India ( LIC) Has Introduced A JEEVAN USTAV SINGLE PREMIUM PLAN 

Real GDP Has Witnessed 7.4% Growth Rate In FY 2025/26 Over The Growth Rate Of 6.5% In FY 2024/25 
* Mundra Port Has Become India's First Port To Handle A Fully Laden Very Large Crude carrier ( VLCC)! with Capacity Of 3.3 Lakh Cubic Meters.

 * India Expected To grow 7.4% By UNDESA.

India's Non Fossil Fuel Capacity Rises To 266.78 GW In 2025 

India's Net Direct Tax Collection Grow 8.82,% To 18.38 Lakh Crores 


Maharashtra Topped the Become Number One Export Ready State Of India 

1) Maharashtra 
2) Tamil Nadu 
3) Gujarat 
4) Uttar Pradesh 
5) Andhra Pradesh 
6) Karnataka 
7) Punjab 
8) Telangana 
9) Madhya Pradesh 
10) Haryana 
11) Kerala
12) West Bengal 
13) Odisha 

India's Overall Exports in December 2025 At USD 74.01 Billion.

 India's Export To Middle East And North Africa ( MENA) Records To USD 25,472 Million In April - December 2025 

The Cumulative Non Petroleum Exports in April - December 2025 Valued At USD 288.16 Billion.

Innoviti Received RBI NOD For Online And Offline Payment Aggregator 

India's Pharma Exports Increase From USD 21.7 billion To USD 23.1 Billion To AFRICA And Latin America 

The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Has Revised India's GDP GROWTH To 7.3% For FY 2025/26 

India Has Recorded Electronics Export To USD 47 Billion in 2025 

INDIA'S Sectoral Growth Projection For FY 2026:




 Kerala Has Secured Investment Commitment Worth Rs 1.18 Lakh Crores At Davos , Switzerland In WEF 2026 

 Kandla Port Has Successfully Tested India's First Linear Induction Motor ( LIM) Based Cargo Mobility Prototype Developed By Chennai 

Infra Market Gets SEBI Approval For IPO 

India - EU SIGNED FTA Deal 

REPORTS - 

NITI Ayog Released The 4th Edition Of The Export Preparedness Index ( EPI) 2024 

 NITI Aayog Released The Report Achieving Efficiency in The MSME Sectors.

According To UN Report The Foreign Direct Investment Inflows To India in 2025 Surged By 73% To 47 Billion US Dollars.

The Economic Survey Projected The GDP GROWTH in Range Of 6.8-72% For FY 27 

*  Steel Authority Of India' Limited ( SAIL) Has Earned The Coveted Great Place To Work Certification From Feb 2026 To February 2027 

BANKING - 

ONDC Completed 4 Years.

 Department Of Financial Services Successfully Concluded The Nation Wide 3 Months Long Campaign YOUR MONEY YOUR Right 

* Siddhartha Bhaiya, Managing Director Of Aequitas Passed Away.


* Delhi Government Signed a MoU With Reserve Bank Of India ( RBI) To Enables The RBI To Function As The Banker, Debt Manager And Financial Agent Of Government Of NCT Of Delhi. 

* IDFC FIRST Bank Has Launched The Zero Forex Diamond Reserve Credit Card.


 * RBI Has Cancelled The Certificate Of Registration Of 35 Non Banking Financial Company.

* Financial Software And SYSTEM ( FSS) Became The First Payment Company In India To Earn The ISO/ IEC 42001 Certification ( For AI International Standard) ( 


Department Of Financial Services Launched The Composite Salary Account Package For Central Government Employees In Association With Public Sector Bank.


Reserve Bank of India Has Proposed That BRICS Countries Link Their Official Digital Currencies To Make Cross Border Trade And Tourism Payment Ease.

* Amazon Pay Launched Fixed Deposit Service In Partnership With 7 Banks & NBFCs. 

* Karnataka Bank Bagged Best Fintech And Digital Public Infrastructure Adoption Award At 21st Indian Bank Association Banking Technology Award 2026 


Bengaluru BASED Juspay Become The India's First Startup To Became The First Unicorn in India in 2026 


Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) And European Securities Markets Authority ( ESMA) Have Signed An MoU For Information Exchange


APPROVED - 

 Government Of India Has Approved An Equity Support Price Of Rs 5,000 Crores To The Small Industries Development Bank Of India ( SIDBI) 

* Government Of India Has Approved The  Continuation Of Atal Pension Yojana Till 2030-2031 

INTRODUCTION - 

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Has Introduced External Auditor Certification To Ensure That The Same Priority SECTOR Lending ( PSL) Loan Is Not Claimed By More Than One Bank 


- Loan GIVEN To The National Cooperative Development CORPORATION (NCDC ) Will Now Be Eligible For Priority SECTOR Lending ( PSL) 

- RRB's Must Achieve 74% PSL Of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) But Lending To Medium Enterprises, Social Infrastructure And Renewable Energy Together Can Be Counted Only Upto 15% OF ANBC 

- Banks Can't Charge Any Type Of Fee ( Processing Fee, Guarantee Fee, Services, Charge etc.) On PSL Loans Upto RS 50,000.


MARKET ACCESS SUPPORT ( MAS) SCHEME - 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS LAUNCHED THE MARKET ACCESS SUPPORT ( MAS) SCHEME 


* ROLLED OUT VIA TRADE CONNECT E-PLATFORM.



*  India Government Has Launched The Interest Subvention For Pre And Post Shipment Export Credit Under The Export Promotion Mission - NIRYAT PROTSAHAN To Reduce The Cost Of Export Finance For MSME Exporters.


TAMILNADU ASSURED PENSION SCHEME - (TASP) 

* GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A GUARANTEED PENSION EQUAL TO 50% OF THE LAST DRAWN MONTHLY SALARY.

* EMPLOYEES WILL CONTRIBUTE 10% OF THEIR SALARY, WHILE THEIR ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE ASSURED PENSION WILL BE BORNE BY THE TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT.

* PENSIONER'S WILL ELIGIBLE FOR DEARNESS ALLOWANCE (DA) INCREASE EVERY 6 MONTHS, 

* IN CASE OF PENSIONER'S DEATH 60% OF THE LAST DRAWN PENSION WILL BE PAID AS A FAMILY PENSION TO THE NOMINATED FAMILY MEMBERS.

* GRATUITY UPTO RS 25 LAKH WILL BE PAID ON RETIREMENT OR IN THE EVENT OF DEATH DURING SERVICE, ( BASED ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE) 

* AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SCHEME, A MINIMUM PENSION WILL BE ENSURED FOR ALL EMPLOYEE ( WHO RETIRES WITHOUT COMPLETING THE QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR PENSION) 

* EMPLOYEE WHO JOINED SERVICE UNDER THE CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME (CPS) AND RETIRED WITHOUT A PENSION BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAPS WILL BE PROVIDED A SPECIAL COMPASSIONATE PENSION.


APPOINTMENTS - 

Hyundai Motor India Limited ( HMIL) Announced Tarun Garg As MD & CEO 

Dr Neeraj Mittal Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government Of India 

Manish Raj Gupta Has Takes Additional Charge Of CMD Of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited ( RINL)


* Dr Meenesh Shah Appointed As Chairman Of National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB)

1996 Batch Andhra Pradesh Cadre IAS Officer Lav Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The DG Of The Directorate General Of Foreign Trade In The Ministry Of Commerce & Industry.
* IDFC First Bank Has Launched The GAJ Metal Credit Card.

* India Government Appoints N Venkatram As Part Time Member Of SEBI.

* Sameer Sondhi Appointed As The CFO Of Affleind

* IAS Rabindra Kumar Agarwal Appointed As The Chairman And Managing Director Of FCI.

Shri Amit Tandon Assumed As The Project Director Of RVNL.

* Shri Anup Hanjura Assumed Charge As The Director ( Technical) P & P Of Central Coalfield Limited ( CCL).

 * Anupam Misra Takes Over Additional Charge Of CMD FACT. 

 * Karthikeyan Manickam Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of ESAF Small Finance Bank.

 * Nianshan Zhang Has Been Appointed As The Director General For South Asia By Asian Development Bank ( ADB).

* Viswanath Suresh Has Appointed As The Chairman - Cum Managing Director Of MOIL Limited ( A Miniratna Company)

* Abhishek Dev's Tenure As Chairman Of APEDA Has Been Extended For One More Year 

 * HSBC Private Bank APPOINTS Ida Liu As Its CEO.

IAS Girisha P S Has Been Appointed As The Director ( Finance) Of Central Silk Board 

2001 IRTS Shelly Srivastava Has Appointed As The Chief Vigilance Officer ( CVO) Of ONGC.

Anup Kumar Saha Has Been Appointed As The Whole Time Director Of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Datadog Appoints Namit D Cruz As Regional Vice PRESIDENT for India And SAARC 

 Sandeep Bakshi Has Been Re- Appointed As The MD & CEO Of ICICI Bank Till 2028.

HDFC Bank Gets RBI NoD For Kaizad Bharucha As Whole Time Director From 19th April 2026 

Deepak Rastogi Appointed As The New CFO Of OLA Electric.

Genesh Lakshminarayan Appointed As MD & CEO Of Tata Communication.

* Mr Raghvendra Srinivasan Appointed As MD CEO OF Karnataka Bank 

Arijit Basu Has Been Appointed As The Part Time Chairman of Indusind Bank.

* Shri Kota Ravi Set To Appointed As New Chairman And MD Of HAL.

*  Fintech Firm ZET Received NPCI Approval To Start UPI.


* National Statistics Office ( NSO) Has Projects 7.4% GDP Growth For FY 2026.


* Aksha Air Became The 5th Airlines Of India To Join IATA.

 Anthropic Appoints Irina Ghosh As The MD Of India Office.

RVNL Appoints Shri Baldev Singh Jaryal As Executive Director ( Civil) 

* FEDERAL Bank Unveiled Refresh Brand Entity The Fortuna Wave. 


 Union Health Minister JP Nadda Has Released The 10th Edition Of Indian Pharmacopeia 


* India Rank 8th From 123 At WHO Pharma Co Vigilance 

Thierry Sabbagh Appointed As President Of NISSAN India.

Deepender Goyal Has Stepped Down As CEO Of Zomato 

GST COLLECTED - 

Government Of India Collected Rs 1.75 Lakh Crores GST In December 2025. 

Maharashtra With 16,140 Crores 

Uttar Pradesh With 6,671 Crores 

Karnataka With 6716 Crores 

Gujarat With 6351 Crores 

Tamilnadu With 5992 Crores 

West Bengal With 3559 Crores 

Telengana With 3552 Crores 

Rajasthan With 3455 Crores 

Haryana With 3629 Crores 

Delhi With 2684 Crores 

Andhra Pradesh With 2652 Crores 

Kerala With 2643 Crores 


UPI IN DECEMBER - 

 21.63 billion UPI Transaction Count In December 2025 

27.97 Lakh Crores UPI Transaction Amount In December 2025 

698 Million Average Daily Transaction Count In December 2025 

MOU SIGNED - 

Department Of Post And Small Industries Development Bank Of India ( SIDBI) Signed MoU For Contact Point Verification Of Informal Micro Entreprise On Udyam Assist Platform.

INDIAN Army And HDFC Bank Renewed Their MoU For Providing Banking Services 


AWARDS - 

BEL Has CONFERRED With SKOCH ESG Gold Award 2025 

Bharat Electronics Limited ( BEL) CMD Manoj Jain Has Been Conferred The COAS Commendation Card


Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched Two Post Products ( Speed 24 & Speed 48) 24 Hours And 48 Hours Post Parcelled With In The Good Connectivity City.


C-DOT Wins The SKOCH Award 2025 


KERALA BUDGET -  

* KERALA FINANCE MINISTER BALAGOPAL PRESENTS THE STATE BUDGET FOR FY 2026/27 




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