Governor Shaktikanta Das will announce the outcome of the meetings at 10 in the morning, followed by a press conference at noon which would be telecast.
Indian stock indices extended their gains, though marginally, on Wednesday as investors at large are eyeing the outcome of the three-day Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee meeting -- the first in 2023-24 which started Monday.
ASSOCHAM President Ajay Singh said, "Though India remains the fastest-growing nation amongst the major economies, growth is uneven even as the global headwinds from volatile energy prices, geo-political developments and threat of recession in major economies need to be watched with an abunda
The monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India, when it announces the outcome of the ongoing policy meeting on Thursday morning, is likely to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points (100 basis points is equivalent to 1 percentage point), according to advisory firm Emkay Global Fina
The Governor said in a tweet, "Congratulations Team RBI for 88 years of dedicated service to the nation. It's an humbling moment. A day to rededicate ourselves to the responsibilities of this national institution."
Indian stocks traded largely steady Monday morning as investors at large are eyeing the outcome of the three-day Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee meeting, the first in 2023-24, starting today.
The US monetary policy committee, seeking to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 per cent over the longer run, hiked the key interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75-5.0 per cent at its latest two-day review meet.
The Governor was speaking at a joint conference of the central bank and the Finance Ministry held after the address of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to the Central Board of Directors of RBI in the customary post-Budget meeting on Saturday.
In the just concluded three-day monetary policy committee meeting, the RBI decided to raise the repo rate, the rate at which the RBI lends money to all commercial banks, by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent.
While addressing the queries of the media during a press conference after the announcement of the Monetary Policy's outcome, he said RBI has taken a number of steps to strengthen the resilience of Indian banks and it has set guidelines on risk management committees and made it mandatory to a