2. Cash Reserve Ratio
Cash Reserve Ratio is a specified minimum
fraction of the total deposits of customers,
which commercial banks have to hold as
reserves with the central bank.
Current CRR is 4.00% w.e.f 29/01/2013
3. Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) is a reserve
requirement that the commercial banks in
India require to maintain in the form of gold,
cash or government approved securities
before providing credit to the customers.
Current SLR is 21.50% w.e.f 07/02/2015
4. Repo Rate
Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank
lends money to commercial banks in the
event of any shortfall of funds.
Current Repo Rate is 7.75% w.e.f 15/01/2015
5. Benefits/Features of Repo
Interest Rate
Contract
Hedge tool
Safety
Participants
Cash Management tool
Period
Liquidity control
Liquidity adjustment facility
6. Reverse Repo Rate
Reverse repo rate is the rate at which the
central bank of a country borrows money from
commercial banks within the country.
Current Reverse Repo rate is 6.75% w.e.f
15/01/2015
7. Guidelines for Repo Accounting
Legal Character
Contract price
Entry and exit
Market making
Coupon
Agreement
9. Primary Dealers
Banks and institutions that are used by RBI for
conducting the activities relating to secondary
market in Government Securities are called as
primary dealers
11. Eligibility
Subsidiaries of Scheduled commercial banks and
all-India financial institutions and companies
incorporated under the companies act, 1956.
Agencies must be predominantly engaged in
securities business, with a minimum net worth of
Rs. 50 crores
12. Roles and Obligations
Bidding
Underwriting
Offering quotes
Achieving turnover
Maintaining Capital Adequacy Standards(CAS)
15. Approved Entities
Standalone Primary
Dealers Bank Primary Dealers
ICICI Securities Primary
Dealership Limited
Morgan Stanley India
Primary Dealer Pvt. Ltd
PNB Gilts Ltd
SBI DFHI Ltd
STCI Primary Dealer
Limited
Goldman Sachs (India)
Capital Markets Pvt. Ltd
Bank of America
Bank of Baroda
CitiBank
HDFC
HSBC
J P Morgan Chase
Bank
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Axis Bank
Standard Chartered
Bank
16. Satellite Dealers
Satellite Dealers work in tandem with the Primary
Dealers forming the second tier of the market to
cater to the retail requirements of the market.
In the event of inflation, central banks increase repo rate as this acts as a disincentive for banks to borrow from the central bank. This ultimately reduces the money supply in the economy and thus helps in arresting inflation.The central bank takes the contrary position in the event of a fall in inflationary pressures
Reverse Report rate was an independent rate till 03/05/2011. However, in the monetary policy announced on 03/05/2011, RBI has decided that now onwards the Reverse Repo Rate will not be announced separately, but will be linked to Repo rate and it will always be 100 bps below the Repo rate (till RBI decides to delink the same)