Incentivising banks to lend, rather than depositing excess liquidity with RBI, the reverse repo rate has been reduced by another 25 basis points to 3.75%.

Banks deposited ₹4.9 trillion net surplus liquidity with RBI on 16 April. Lower rates encourage banks to lend rather than keep deposits with RBI.

Liquidity injections of ₹1 trillion under Targeted Long-Term Repo Operations (TLTROs), part of RBI’s earlier ₹3.74 trillion liquidity enhancing measures for banks, were largely accessed by public sector enterprises and large corporates.

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