New Delhi, April 11 -- From the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holding the policy rate steady at 5.25% amid the war in West Asia, to the government raising fertilizer subsidy for the upcoming kharif season, net demat account additions slowing down in FY26, and India's ports logging strong growth in cargo traffic-here's a round-up of this week's news in numbers.

The RBI's monetary policy committee kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, reflecting the wait-and-watch approach adopted by global peers such as the US Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and European Central Bank amid the war in West Asia.







The RBI pegged FY27 GDP growth at 6.9% under the new GDP (gross domestic product) series, down from FY26 growth estimate of 7.6%. The centr...