Mumbai This time also the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not made any change in the policy rate repo rate. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday announced to maintain the repo rate at 5.25 percent. Due to this decision of RBI, loan interest rates will also remain the same.

While giving information about the decision of the three-day review meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the RBI Governor said that the MPC has decided to maintain the neutral stance. Sanjay Malhotra said that the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank has unanimously maintained the key policy rate repo rate at 5.25 percent.

Malhotra said that the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank has increased the estimate of economic growth rate for the financial year 2025-26 to 7.4 percent. Earlier, the central bank had estimated the growth rate to be 7.3 percent.

RBI Governor said that due to positive domestic inflation and growth outlook, the Reserve Bank has estimated inflation to be 2.1 percent for the current financial year. It is noteworthy that RBI has reduced the policy interest rate repo rate by a total of 125 percent since February 2025, due to which the repo rate is at 5.25 percent.