MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee raised the key lending rate by 40 basis points on Wednesday, citing persistent inflationary pressures in the economy, governor Shaktikanta Das announced.
The MPC raised the key lending rate or the repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40%, Das said.
(Reporting by Swati Bhat and Nupur Anand; Editing by Andrew Heavens)