• Highlights of the Monetary and Credit Policy

• RBI pares Bank Rate by 0.5%, CRR cut by 2%

• RBI lowers 01-02 GDP growth forecast

• I expect a modest response: Jalan

• RBI rate cut seen giving little boost to economy

• Banks in no hurry to cut lending rate

• RBI policy seen boosting corporate debt market

• Bank rates cut but little hope for lending rates to fall

• 'SBI to review rates soon'

• Credit policy bold and pro-growth: Sinha

• RBI to process universal bank applications

• RBI to set up group to review role of bank boards

• Reserve Bank of India sees soft inflation trend

• Some bouquets, some brickbats over Bank Rate, CRR cuts

• RBI does not expect government to cut small savings rate now

• Unclear non-SLR investments by banks worry RBI

• RBI asks banks to draft policies on recovery, write-off

• RBI hopes to sustain rates stance for six months

• Growth rate of 5-6 per cent reasonable: RBI

• CRR rate hike to earn Indian banks Rs 10 billion

• Rate cut will not change investors' preference: Jalan

• CRR cuts not to trigger open market operations: RBI

• RBI lifts ban on UCB lendings to individuals against shares

• 'India well prepared to face external economic shocks'

TUTORIAL:

• What is the Monetary & Credit Policy?

RUN-UP TO THE CREDIT POLICY:

• RBI may tighten non-SLR norms for co-op sector
• External uncertainties can queer the pitch for apex bank
• There's more to life than mere rate cuts
• Whose policy is it anyway?
• The rate cut conundrum
• Most bankers expect RBI to cut CRR, bank rate
• RBI may signal cheaper export credit
• Bankers, analysts pin hopes on CRR cut
• Jalan may surprise markets, feel bankers
• RBI monetary policy expected to be cautious
• Debt market sees few new measures in policy
• RBI may cut CRR by 50 basis points: I-Sec
• 'Credit Policy should stimulate investment'
• Rate cut not only way to boost economy: Sinha
• Interest rates RBI prerogative, says Sinha
• RBI plans reserve to cushion fluctuations
• Reddy panel for floating rate on PPF
• RBI to maintain easing bias
• Reddy panel report on interest rate soon: Sinha
• Govt wants interest rates to fall: Sinha
• Bank rate, CRR cuts on the cards
• RBI reduces interest rates on export credit
• RBI lists incentives for some high-value exports

FROM THE REDIFF ARCHIVES:

• RBI's Credit and Monetary Policy 2001-2002 (First Half)

• RBI's Credit and Monetary Policy 2000-2001 (Second Half)

• RBI's Credit and Monetary Policy 2000-2001 (First Half)

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