Daily Archives: April 17, 2020

RBI announces special refinance facilities for a total amount of 50000 crores to financial institutions

Today (17.04.2020) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das in a media statement announced new measures to maintain adequate liquidity in system to facilitate bank credit flow and ease financial stress. The measures include conducting of targeted LTRO of ₹50,000 crores, cut reserve repo rate by 25 basis points and eased NPA rules for banks. Further, banks are…

RBI reduces the Reverse Repo rate to 3.75 percent from immediate effect

As announced today (17.04.2020) and set out in Governor’s Statement, the Reserve Bank of India declared reduction in the fixed rate reverse repo under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 4.00 per cent to 3.75 per cent with immediate effect. The policy repo rate under the LAF remains unchanged at 4.40…