Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India has announced a revised monetary policy. No change in interest rates. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the monetary policy committee had unanimously decided to keep the repo rate at 4%. The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and bank rate will remain at 4.25%. The reverse repo rate will remain at 3.35%. Although inflation may remain high in the coming days, gains in crops may provide some relief in the winter.
The expected GDP growth rate in 2021 is minus 7.5%. The RBI expects GDP growth to be 0.1% in the third quarter of this fiscal. It is expected to touch 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter. The RBI has decided not to change its monetary policy in the wake of the Covid 19 epidemic and to control inflation. The stock market also rebounded after the RBI announced its lending policy. The Sensex was up 313.55 points at 44,946.20. Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty rose by 0.31% to 13,174.65.
