Monetary Policy review
National Housing Bank: Rs 10,000 crore Special Refinance Facility launched
The National Housing Bank recently launched the “Special Refinance Facility”, 2021. Rs 10,00 crores has been allocated to this facility. Special Refinance Facility, 2021 The main objective of the facility is to provide short term refinance support to the housing ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
RBI Monetary Policy
On April 7, 2021, the Monetary Policy Committee of Reserve Bank of India announced the outcome of its bi-monthly monetary policy review. Key Highlights The repo rate has been kept unchanged at 4%. The reverse repo rate has been kept ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
RBI: CPI Inflation to ease from 4.8% to 4.4% in Q2
On April 9, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India projected that the consumer Price Index is to ease from 4.8% in Q1 to 4.4% in Q2 of the financial year 2020-21. Highlights The estimated easing of CPI implies that the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
RBI fifth bi-monthly Monetary Policy released
The Reserve Bank of India on December 5, 2019, released its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for the year 2019-20. Highlights According to the policy, the repo rate was unchanged at 5.15%. Last time, it was cut by 135 basis ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
RBI Cuts Repo Rate
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its monetary policy review undertaken by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has made the following decisions: RBI cuts repo rate to 5.4% from the current 5.75%. Reverse repo rate under liquidity adjustment facility stands ..
WPI Inflation Hits 10-Month Low
The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industries has released the data on WPI Inflation. The data makes the following observations: The WPI Inflation fell to a 10-month low of 2.76 per cent in January owing to softening prices of fuel ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Repo rate keeps unchanged at 6.5%
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its fifth bimonthly monetary policy review for financial year 2018-19 has decided to maintain status quo in policy rates by keeping repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. The reverse repo rate has also been maintained ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
RBI’s Monetary Policy Review: RBI Hikes Repo Rate to 6.25%
On June 6, 2018, the six members Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI has decided to hike Repo (short term lending rate) to 6.25% from 6.00%. As per the second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, the current policy rates of RBI ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018