Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India

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The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India is a six-member body responsible for setting India's benchmark interest rates and formulating monetary policy to achieve inflation and growth objectives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Decision‑making body
Monetary policy committee
areaServed India
chairperson Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
composition Six members
country India
decisionRule Majority voting
establishedBy Government of India
Reserve Bank of India
hasFeature Each member has one vote
Governor of RBI has casting vote in case of tie
hasMemberFrom Government of India
Reserve Bank of India
hasType Statutory committee
headquarters Mumbai
Reserve Bank of India
surface form: Reserve Bank of India Central Office, Mumbai
inflationTarget 4 percent CPI inflation
inflationToleranceBand Plus or minus 2 percentage points
jurisdiction Union of India
surface form: Republic of India
languageOfWork English
Hindi
legalAmendment Amendments to RBI Act in 2016
legalBasis Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
location Mumbai
meetingFrequency Bi‑monthly (approximately every two months)
meets At least four times a year
objective Price stability
Supporting growth
parentOrganization Reserve Bank of India
partOf Reserve Bank of India
policyFramework Flexible inflation targeting framework
publishes Minutes of meetings with individual member votes
Resolution of monetary policy decision
regulates Monetary policy of India
relatedConcept Monetary Policy Report of the Reserve Bank of India
relatedTo Financial markets in India
Ministry of Finance
surface form: Ministry of Finance, Government of India
reportsTo Government of India
responsibleFor Achieving inflation target in India
Formulating monetary policy in India
Setting benchmark policy interest rate in India
Supporting economic growth in India
sector Central banking
Public finance
usesInstrument Marginal standing facility rate
Policy corridor
Repo rate
Reverse repo rate
Standing deposit facility rate

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Indian rupee monetaryPolicyCommittee Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India oversees Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India
this entity surface form: Monetary Policy Committee of India
Pami Dua memberOf Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India
Monetary policy of India decisionMakingBody Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India
this entity surface form: Monetary Policy Committee of India
Monetary Policy Report of the Reserve Bank of India relatedTo Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India