Bank Rate refers to the official interest rate at which RBI will provide loans to the banking system which includes commercial / cooperative banks, development banks etc.
It is the rate at which central bank (in case of India, it is RBI) of a country provides re-financing facilities or provides loans to the commercial banks. Such loans are given out either by direct lending or by rediscounting (buying back) the bills of commercial banks and treasury bills.
Thus, bank rate is also known as discount rate.
The Reserve Bank of India has various tools to control and maintain liquidity in the market.
Two among them are the CRR and Repo rate.
What is Repo Rate?
Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds. Repo rate is used by monetary authorities to control inflation.
What is CRR ( Cash Reserve Ratio )?
The share of net demand and time liabilities that banks must maintain as cash balance with the Reserve Bank.
What is SLR ( Statutory Liquidity Ratio )?
Besides CRR, Banks have to invest certain percentage of their deposits in specified financial securities like Central Government or State Government securities.
This percentage is known as SLR.
The share of net demand and time liabilities that banks must maintain in safe and liquid assets, such as, government securities, cash and gold is Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR).
Export Credit Refinance Facility
Repo Rate
is applicable on the export credit refinance.
The monthly payable interest is calculated
on daily balances, which gets debited to the
account. The maximum duration for
repayment is 180 days. One can apply for an
export credit refinance of Rupees one lakh
and multiple of thereof.
Special Refinance Facility ( SRF )
Special refinance facility was introduced under Section 17(3B) of RBI Act, 1934. It allows scheduled commercial banks (except Regional Rural Banks) to refinance up to 1% of Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) of each bank.
Special Refinance Facility ( SRF )
Special refinance facility was introduced under Section 17(3B) of RBI Act, 1934. It allows scheduled commercial banks (except Regional Rural Banks) to refinance up to 1% of Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) of each bank.
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