Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday
cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by quarter of a percentage point,
freeing up additional funds to the tune of Rs17,500 crore for commercial
banks to lend to companies and consumers, but kept its key policy rate
unchanged as it battles to douse inflation.
CRR, the portion of deposits that banks have to maintain
with the central bank, was reduced to 4.25% in the RBI’s quarterly
monetary policy announcement. The repo rate, or the rate at which banks
borrow overnight funds from RBI, was left unchanged at 8%.



