The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its fourth bi-monthly monetary meet held on October 9, 2020, has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged and continues with its accommodative stance. This is the second time in a row the apex bank has kept the key rates unchanged.
The existing key policy rates are as under;
CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) | 3.00% |
SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) | 18.00 % |
Repo Rate | 4.00% |
Reverse Repo Rate | 3.35% |
MSF Rate (Marginal Standing Facility Rate) | 4.25% |
Bank Rate | 4.25% |
All other terms and conditions of the extant LAF Scheme will remain unchanged.
The highlights of Monetary Policy statement:
The meeting of the six-member MPC, earlier slated for September 29 to October 1, was rescheduled as the appointment of independent members was delayed. The MPC must have a quorum of four.The government has appointed M/s. Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma and Shashanka Bhide as members of the MPC. They will be replacing Chetan Ghate, Pami Dua, and Ravindra Dholakia, who were appointed on the panel for four years on September 29, 2016.
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