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.
Reserve Bank of India said it has proposed to permit all inbound travellers to India to use UPI for their merchant payments while they are in the country.
The GDP projections for Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 2023-24 are estimated at 7.8 per cent, 6.2 per cent, 6.0 per cent, and 5.8 per cent, respectively, with risks, evenly balanced.
The domestic stocks in opening trade also seemed to have recovered from last week's losses when shares of the Adani Group firms suffered a rout and the outcome dragged on the stock key indices, namely Sensex and Nifty.
SBI Research, in a report published moments before the RBI meeting started, said India's central bank is expected to pause the policy rate hike during the February 6-8 review meeting.
The Monetary policy committee (MPC), which determines interest rates, opted to raise the policy repo rate by 35 basis points to 6.25 per cent with immediate effect.
At the time of writing this report, Sensex traded at 62,600.88 points, down 233.72 points or 0.37 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 18,627.45 points, down 73.60 points or 0.39 per cent.
Among the Nifty 50 stocks, Tech Mahindra, Hindalco, Wipro, Coal India, and Infosys were the top five losers, declining in the range of 1-2 per cent each, National Stock Exchange data showed.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 17 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India has said that its monetary policy remains focussed on realigning inflation within the targeted band but the fight will be "dogged" and "prolonged".