TNPSC Thervupettagam

RBI Monetary Policy Update

February 13 , 2022 1018 days 842 0
  • RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept key interest rates unchanged.
  • It retained the accommodative stance in its first policy after Union Budget 2022.
  • This is the tenth consecutive time that MPC has maintained the status quo.
  • MPC kept the repo rate as well as the reverse repo rate unchanged, respectively at 4 percent and 3.35 percent.
  • It continued with the ‘accommodative’ stance in the backdrop of high inflation.
  • RBI projected GDP growth for Financial Year 2023 at 7.8 percent.
  • Real GDP growth of 9.2 percent in Financial Year 2022 (FY 2022) will take the economy above the pre-pandemic level.
  • CPI inflation forecast for FY 2022 has been kept at 5.3 percent.
  • The current account deficit was below 2 percent of GDP in FY22.
  • It proposed to increase the Cap of e-vouchers, from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

Leave a Reply

Your Comment is awaiting moderation.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories