Dr. D. Subbarao

The Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India met today at Kolkata. Dr. D. Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India chaired the meeting. Directors Sarva Shri Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Kiran Karnik, M.V.Rajeev Gowda, Y.H.Malegam, Azim Premji, Dipankar Gupta, G. M. Rao, Ms. Ela Bhatt and Dr. Indira Rajaraman attended the meeting. The Government nominee, Shri R.Gopalan, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs also attended the meeting. Deputy Governors Dr. K.C.Cha.. Full Article

"This morning, the Reserve Bank released the First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy for 2010-11 at a meeting of the chief executives of major banks. The important decisions contained in the review were to raise the repo rate from 5.5 per cent to 5.75 per cent and the reverse repo rate from 4 per cent to 4.50 per cent. This asymmetric raise in rates narrows the LAF corridor from 150 basis points to 125 basis points. Full Article