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Friday, August 06, 2021

RBI announces its bi-monthly monetary policy

7:24 pm

 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced its bi-monthly monetary policy. This is the seventh time in a row that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has maintained the status quo. RBI had last revised its policy rate on May 22, 2020, in an off-policy cycle to perk up demand by cutting the interest rate to a historic low.  The meeting was held between August 4 and 6. The remaining will take place in October (6 to 8); December (6 to 8) and February (7 to 9, 2022).


The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and bank rates remain unchanged: 


•Policy Repo Rate: 4.00%

•Reverse Repo Rate: 3.35%

•Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 4.25%

•Bank Rate: 4.25%
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Thursday, August 06, 2020

RBI’s 2nd Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2020-21 Released

8:16 pm
Repo rate has been kept unchanged at 4.00%. Check the complete details of second Monetary Policy Statement 2020-21. RBI has released monetary policy today.
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India met on 4th, 5th and 6th August for its second meeting of 2020-21. During the second Monetary Policy meet, the MPC analysed the current & evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions and has decided to continue with the accommodative stance to revive growth as well as to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. With its decisions, MPC aims to keep inflation within the target and hence to preserve financial stability.

 Also, for the year 2020-21, as a whole, real GDP growth is expected to be negative.

 The key decisions taken in the Monetary Policy Committee meeting are:

oThe repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) has been kept unchanged at 4.00%.

 oThe reverse repo rate under the LAF has been kept unchanged at 3.35%.

 oThe marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate have been kept unchanged at 4.25%.

 About Monetary policy:

 What is Monetary policy?

 Monetary Policy is the central bank’s policy which uses the monetary instruments like Repo rate, Reverse repo rate, Liquidity Adjustment Facility and many others, to achieve the goals stated in the Act. In India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been given the responsibility of conducting monetary policy as mandated under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

 Objectives of monetary policy?

oThe monetary policy has the prime objective of maintaining the price stability in India along with the objective of growth. Price stability is stated as a necessary precondition to achieve the sustainable growth.

 oThe Reserve Bank of India is also given the task of flexible inflation targeting framework along the Government of India as per the amendment in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934 which was done in May 2016. This is done once in every five years. Government of India has notified the 4 per cent Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation as the target for the period from August 5, 2016 to March 31, 2021 in the Official Gazette. The target is stated with the upper tolerance limit of 6 per cent and the lower tolerance limit of 2 per cent.




 The Monetary Policy Framework:

 The amendment in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934 provides the Reserve Bank of India a legislative mandate to operate the monetary policy framework of the country. This framework aims to set the policy (repo) rate after the assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, and modulation of liquidity conditions to anchor money market rates at or around the repo rate.

 What is the Composition of the Monetary Policy Committee?

 The Central Government has constituted the six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) in September 2016, according to the Section 45ZB of the amended RBI Act, 1934.

 The composition of the Monetary Policy Committee is as follows:

 1. Governor of the Reserve Bank of India – Chairperson, ex officio: Shri Shaktikanta Das

 2. Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, in charge of Monetary Policy– Member, ex officio: Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra

 3. One officer of the Reserve Bank of India to be nominated by the Central Board – Member, ex officio: Dr. Mridul K. Saggar

 4. Dr. Chetan Ghate, Professor, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI): Member

 5. Dr. Pami Dua, Director, Delhi School of Economics: Member

 6. Dr. Ravindra H. Dholakia, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad: Member.

 Some important instruments of Monetary Policy:

 The RBI’s Monetary Policy has several direct and indirect instruments which is used for implementing the monetary policy. Some important instruments of Monetary Policy are as follows:

oRepo Rate: It is the (fixed) interest rate at which banks can borrow overnight liquidity from the Reserve Bank of India against the collateral of government and other approved securities under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF).

 oReverse Repo Rate: It is the (fixed) interest rate at which the Reserve Bank of India can absorb liquidity from banks on an overnight basis, against the collateral of eligible government securities under the LAF.

 oLiquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF): The LAF has overnight as well as term repo auctions under it. The term repo helps in the development of the inter-bank term money market. This market sets the benchmarks for pricing of loans and deposits. This helps in improving the transmission of monetary policy. As per the evolving market conditions, the Reserve Bank of India also conducts variable interest rate reverse repo auctions.

 oMarginal Standing Facility (MSF): MSF is a provision which enables the scheduled commercial banks to borrow additional amount of overnight money from the Reserve Bank of India. Bank can do this by dipping into their Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) portfolio up to a limit at a penal rate of interest. This helps the banks to sustain the unanticipated liquidity shocks faced by them.

 Accommodative stance of RBI’s Monetary Policy Statement:

 Accommodative stance is taken by the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee to expand the overall money supply to boost the economy when the growth is slowing down.
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Friday, May 22, 2020

Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Statement for 2020-21

6:02 pm
Repo rate has been reduced to 4.40%. Check the complete details of Monetary Policy Statement 2020-21. RBI has released monetary policy today.




 In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to advance the Bi-monthly Monetary Policy meet which was scheduled to be held on 03rd June 2020 and the announcement was meant to be made on 05th June 2020. The meeting was advanced to 20th, 21st and 22nd May 2020. During the Monetary Policy meet, the MPC analysed the current & evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions and has decided to take a accommodative stance and hence reduced the policy repo rate to revive growth as well as to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. With its decisions, MPC aims to keep inflation within the target and hence to preserve financial stability.

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