What is Repo Rate?

Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to the commercial banks in case of fund crunch. It is a tool used by the monetary authorities to control inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Liquidity Adjustment Facility

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to extend liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) to Regional Rural Banks (RRB) to make liquidity management more efficient. The LAF was introduced in RBI in 1998 based on the recommendations of Narasimham ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meeting: Key Highlights

The RBI recently held its Monetary Policy Committee meet. During the meet, the Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rate unchanged at 4%. Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to banks. The Reverse Repo Rate ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

RBI Monetary Policy Committee meet

The newly formed Monetary Policy Committee held its meeting between October 7, 2020 and October 9, 2020. The Government of India recently appointed its members. They were economists Jayant R Varma, Shashank Bhide and Ashima Goyal. Also, the Government of ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

GoI appoints Monetary Policy Committee Members

On October 5, 2020, the Government of India appointed economists Jayant R Varma, Shashank Bhide and Ashima Goyal as members of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Their appointments were cleared by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet chaired by PM Modi. ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

RBI keeps Repo Rate Unchanged at 4%

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India has decided to keep the Repo Rate unchanged during the bi-monthly policy review of the apex bank. The MPC is headed by Shaktikanta Das, the Governor of the RBI. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020

Monetary Policy Committee meets: Repo rate reduces to 4%

On May 22, 2020, the policy committee met in an emergency meeting to review the current economic outlook and impacts of COVID-19. Highlights The RBI has reduced the repo rate from 4.4% to 4%. It has reduced the reverse repo ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Group of Ministers submitted draft proposal on Employment and Skill Development

The Group of Ministers Committee formed under the leadership of Social Justice and Empowerment Minister recently submitted its draft proposals on employment and skill development. Proposals made The following proposals were made by the draft The draft has proposed “The ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

RBI announces Special Liquidity Mutual Funds worth Rs 50,000 crores

On April 27, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India announced the special liquidity facility for mutual funds of Rs 50,000 crores. The Reserve Bank of India is increasing liquidity flow in capital markets as COVID-19 has imposed liquidity strains on ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Ways and Means Advances

The RBI announced a 60% increase in WMA limit over the March levels for state governments to enable COVID-19 containment and mitigation efforts and plan their market borrowings. About WMA Ways and Means Advances or WMA is a mechanism used ..