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Last Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did more than what the market was expecting from the central bank. It cut the policy rate to its historic low; released Rs3.74 trillion liquidity into the system, already slush with close to Rs3 trillion average excess money, daily; and discouraged banks to keep the money idle. It also announced a series of regulatory forbearance for banks to fight the impact of COVID-19 on economy.
Are these measures enough? Yes for the time being, but if the movement of government bond yield last Friday is any indication, the RBI will have to
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