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The Reserve Bank of India hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%, on February 8. Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the decision of the monetary policy committee of six members, taken with a majority of 4 votes. In December 2022, the repo rate was raised by 0.35 percentage points to 6.25%. While repo rate hiked, there was no change in the reverse repo rate of 3.35%.

The country's largest public sector lender, the State Bank of India (SEBI) has increased the repo & reverse repo rate, making loans expensive for customers. The loan rate with a hike of 50 basis point, after the announcement of the RBI's new repo rate by 0.5% to take it to 5.90%, which came into effect from October 1, making EMIs to get costlier across all loan categories, including home loans.

The Reserve Bank of India raised concerns over the growing unethical loan recovery practices, usurious interest rates and data privacy issues, on September 21. It also flagged certain material concerns regarding the mushrooming of digital lending apps. Amid the need of the hour to ensure safety following a process of whitelisting and due diligence by the regulated entities, the RBI Governor Shaktikant Das raised the concerns.

To tackle high inflation in the country, RBI's monetary policy committee has raised the repo rate by 50 bps, to 5.40%. Notably, the new repo rate is higher than that of pre-pandemic levels, which was 5.15%. Notably, demand in the economy is typically suppressed by increasing interest rates. The move "might have an immediate impact on home buying for short term," said… read-more

Aiming to curb rising domestic inflation in India, the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee, held a meeting, to discuss various monetary policies. The six-member panel commenced the meeting on August 3, which will issue a revision of the interest rate hike, which is currently at 4.90%. Furthermore, the outcome of the recently concluded RBI Monetary Policy Committee will be announced in a press conference, on August 5.