Today RBI Governor Mr Shaktikanta Das addressed the nation at 10 AM.The main pointers of the session were as written below
-RBI is keeping a constant vigil , use all its resources to deal with pandemic , says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
-Loans given by NBFCs to real estate companies to get similar benefit as given by scheduled commercial banks, says RBI Governor.
-LCR brought down to 80% from 100%; RBI Governor.
-Inflation is going southwards, could go down efurther
-Banks not supposed to pay any dividend payments until further orders
-NPA classification for banks will exclude the moratorium period
- ₹50,000 crore special finance facility to be provided to financial institutions such as Nabard, Sidbi, NHB
-There would be no change in repo rate
-Reverse repo rate cut by 25 bps to 3.75%.
-TLTRO 2.0 operations of ₹50,000 crore will be conducted
-Covid-19 impact is not captured in IIP data for Feb
-IMF projection of 1.9% GDP growth for India
-Rupee rises 29 paise to 76.58 against US dollar after the announcement
-Sensex rose over 1,000 points before RBI's announcement.