RBI MPC Meeting

Reconstituted RBI MPC with 3 new members to begin maiden meeting on Mon

Newly reconstituted Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India with three new appointed external members will commence its maiden meeting on Monday. The outcome of the three-day meeting of the MPC would be revealed by MPC Chairman RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on next Wednesday (October 9). It is widely anticipated that the MPC will keep interest rate unchanged despite change in composition of external members. This would be tenth time in a row when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will maintain status quo as far as policy rate is concerned. The MPC last revised interest rate in February 2023, when it was hiked to 6.5 per cent. Apart from the chairman, the other internal members are RBI Deputy Governor in charge of monetary policy Michael Debabrata Patra and Executive Director monetary policy department of RBI Rajiv Ranjan. The government on Tuesday appointed Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as external members to the MPC. Singh, who is director of the .

India keeps markets guessing ahead of three key RBI MPC appointments

The contracts of three external members of RBI's monetary policy committee will expire on Oct 4, just days before the MPC is expected to meet and make its rate decision on Oct 9

Market expects MPC to implement cumulative 50 bps rate cut by March 2025

They also foresee a continued decline in food prices, which fell to 5.1 per cent in July from 8.4 per cent in June year-on-year, further supporting expectations of a rate cut

Expect new members in MPC to be appointed in time, says RBI Guv Das

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said he expects new external members of the monetary policy committee to be appointed in time. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual Fibac event here, Das said the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) -- scheduled to take place from October 7 -- can only take place when the members are in place. "New members obviously have to be appointed then only we can hold the meeting. It should happen. We expect the new members to be in place in time," the governor said. The four-year term of three external members -- Ashima Goyal, Jayanth Varma and Shashank Bhide -- is coming to an end on October 4. The appointments to the panel are made by the government. The MPC is chaired by the governor and has six members. The RBI has three representatives, including the governor, while the other three are external members. The members vote on the rate call before the resolution is made public, and the governor has the casting vo

Govt to appoint new external members to MPC ahead of crucial rate meeting

The selection panel, comprising the governor of the Reserve Bank of India and government officials, will recommend probable candidates in the next two weeks

MPC internal and external members differ on growth, inflation outlook

Deputy governor Michael Patra also warned about the spillover effects of food inflation

RBI's MPC to get new external members as current terms expire in October

The RBI MPC consists of six members: three from the RBI, including the governor, and three external members appointed by the government

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The RBI MPC on Thursday decided to keep its repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the ninth consecutive time, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced

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RBI MPC maintains FY25 inflation forecast, food prices remain a challenge

With food inflation contributing over 75 per cent to headline inflation in May and June and making up 46 per cent of the CPI basket, vegetable prices accounted for 35 per cent of June's inflation