Monetary Policy Committee Archives

August 6, 2025 12:44 PM

RBI retains India’s GDP growth forecast at 6.5% for FY 2025-26

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday retained its GDP growth forecast for India at 6.5% for the financial year 2025-26, citing robust rural demand supported by a favourable monsoon and continued government expenditure on large-scale infrastru...

July 25, 2025 10:26 PM

Anuradha Thakur nominated as director on RBI Central Board

The Central Government has nominated Anuradha Thakur, Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, as a Director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), replacing Ajay Seth. According to an official release issued on Friday, Tha...

May 29, 2025 4:04 PM

RBI to continue liquidity operations in line with policy stance

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said it will continue to undertake liquidity management operations in line with its monetary policy stance, to ensure adequate liquidity in the banking system that supports the productive needs of the econo...

April 7, 2025 2:22 PM

RBI MPC begins, likely to go for 25 bps rate cut on April 9, says SBI report

As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) began its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting (from April 7 to April 9) here, SBI Research on Monday said it expects a 25-basis-point rate cut in the policy, and that the cumulative rate cut over the cycle could...

November 24, 2024 4:33 PM

Stocks in India likely to react to assembly poll results and fund flows for fresh cues

Domestic stock markets are poised to react on Monday to the outcomes of recent state elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, alongside key domestic macroeconomic data and trends in foreign institutional investor (FII) fund flows, according to market ...

October 10, 2024 10:37 AM

Rate cut with 7% growth unprecedented in India or globally: SBI report

Following the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) forecast of over 7% GDP growth for the entire financial year 2024-25, a recent State Bank of India (SBI) report has highlighted that such a scenario of rate cuts accompanying high growth rates has rarely, i...

August 8, 2024 12:09 PM

Repo rate remains unchanged at 6.5% for ninth consecutive time: RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced on Thursday that it will maintain the repo rate at 6.5%, marking the ninth consecutive time the central bank has kept the key interest rate unchanged. The decision reflects the RBI's cautious stance amid ongo...

April 23, 2024 3:01 PM

Indian economy’s stellar performance to continue with 7% growth: RBI member

India's economy is showing no signs of slowing down, with the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Shashanka Bhide exuding confidence that the country can sustain a robust 7% growth rate in the current fiscal year and beyond...

April 5, 2024 12:46 PM

RBI keeps repo rates unchanged at 6.5 percent for seventh consecutive time

The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Friday kept the key repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the seventh consecutive meeting, as it focused on reigning in retail inflation that has stayed above its 4 per cent target. Th...

February 8, 2024 11:19 AM

RBI to announce bi-monthly monetary policy today

Reserve Bank of India will announce its bi-monthly policy today amid expectations of a continued pause on the key interest rate. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das will announce at 10 AM the decisions taken during the 3-day meeting of the Monetary Policy C...