February 07, 2019 Participants from RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor Shri N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Shri B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Shri M. K. Jain – Deputy GovernorDr. Michael D. Patra – Executive DirectorMr. Jose J. Kattoor – Chief General Manager Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to the Sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Conference with Researchers and Analysts. As a reminder, all particip

February 07, 2019 Participants from RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor Shri N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Shri B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Shri M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor Shri. Shaktikanta Das: Over the past two and a half days i.e., during February 5,6 and 7, 2019 the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reviewed the macroeconomic and financial conditions and prospects and voted by a 4/2 majority to reduce the policy r

October 05, 2018 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Mr. M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor Dr. Michael D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone. Today, after two days of deliberations, the Monetary Policy Committee, by a 4 to 2 vote, decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged and it decided to change the

August 01, 2018 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Mr. M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor Dr. Michael D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon everyone. Firstly, I would like to welcome Deputy Governor Mr. Jain. This will be his first post-monetary policy press conference. In its assessment of current and evolving dome

June 06, 2018 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Dr. M. D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone. Over the last three days the Monetary Policy Committee carefully reviewed evolving global and domestic macroeconomic developments. We noted that global economic activity and trade has continued to expand, t

April 05, 2018 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Dr. M. D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone, for the First Post-Monetary Policy Press Conference of the new fiscal year. Over the past two days, the Monetary Policy Committee reviewed evolving global and domestic macroeconomic conditions and decided

February 7, 2018 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Dr. M. D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the post Bi-Monthly Meeting Press Conference. As you know, the MPC reviewed current and evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions at its meeting today and decided to keep the policy rate

December 6, 2017 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Dr. M. D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone and thank you for coming to the Fifth Bi-Monthly Policy of this Fiscal Year. As you know, today, the Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility

October 4, 2017 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Dr. M. D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone. The Monetary Policy Committee reviewed currently evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions and decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6%, while maintaining a neutral monetary policy stance. Th

August 2, 2017 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Dr. M. D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone. The Monetary Policy Committee took note of an important change in the base line inflation trajectory with respect to the June 2017 statement. This trajectory now incorporates the first-round impact of the