Begin typing your search above and press return to search.
proflie-avatar
Login
exit_to_app
Break up or get dissolved
access_time 4 Nov 2024 4:01 AM GMT
Through oneness to autocracy
access_time 2 Nov 2024 4:58 AM GMT
In football too racism rules the roost
access_time 1 Nov 2024 4:26 AM GMT
The concerns raised by the census
access_time 31 Oct 2024 7:49 AM GMT
exit_to_app
What RBI declared to check inflation during COVID pandemic?
cancel
Homechevron_rightMultimediachevron_rightVideoschevron_rightWhat RBI declared to...

What RBI declared to check inflation during COVID pandemic?

text_fields
bookmark_border

The video explains the attempts of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to support economic growth in the country and keep inflation in check amidst COVID pandemic the RBI has kept its key policy rates unchanged. However, it further lowered its prediction for economic growth in the current fiscal year from the previously estimated 10.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das informed at the end of the three-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting that started on June 1 that the repo rate or its lending rate shall be steady at four per cent while reverse repo or borrowing rate shall remain unchanged at 3.35 per cent. Both Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and bank rates were kept unchanged from the last revision in May 2020 at 4.25 per cent.


As per RBI's annual report, "the conduct of monetary policy in 2021-22 would be guided by evolving macroeconomic conditions, with a bias to remain supportive of growth till it gains traction on a durable basis while ensuring that inflation remains within the target."

The Indian economy witnessed its worst contraction of over four decades in the last fiscal year when it recorded a contraction of 7.3%, with the services and industry sector contracting by 8.4 and 7 per cent, respectively. However, several economists hope for better days ahead as several states unlock in view of the falling number of covid cases.

Show Full Article
TAGS:COVID19#RBIBiz UpdatesRBI Governor
Next Story