{"id":5648,"date":"2023-03-03T18:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T18:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/?p=5648"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:52:11","slug":"money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Matters: Who&#8217;s Pulling the Strings of India&#8217;s Monetary Policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>\u201cMonetary<\/i><i> policy refers to the set of actions taken by a central bank or government authority to manage the money supply in an economy with the aim of achieving specific macroeconomic goals\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 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ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#The_Early_Years\" >The Early Years<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#The_calculative_rule_of_72\" >The calculative rule of 72<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#The_RBIs_Monetary_Toolbox\" >The RBI&#8217;s Monetary Toolbox<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#The_Fiscal-Monetary_Tango_Why_Coordination_is_Key_for_Economic_Stability\" >The Fiscal-Monetary Tango: Why Coordination is Key for Economic Stability?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#Steering_Your_Business_Through_the_Storms_of_Monetary_Policy\" >Steering Your Business Through the Storms of Monetary Policy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#The_essence_of_volatility\" >The essence of volatility<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#FAQs_about_Monetary_Policy\" >FAQs about Monetary Policy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#1_What_is_monetary_policy\" >1. What is monetary policy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#2_What_is_the_purpose_of_monetary_policy\" >2. What is the purpose of monetary policy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/financial-matters\/money-matters-whos-pulling-the-strings-of-indias-monetary-policy\/#3_How_many_times_does_RBI_adjusts_the_monetary_policy\" >3. How many times does RBI adjusts the monetary policy?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Creates_Monetary_Policies\"><\/span><strong>Who Creates Monetary Policies?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monetary policy in India refers to the process by which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central monetary authority of India, controls the supply of money in the economy by regulating interest rates, money supply, and the availability of credit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the demand-side economic policy used by the Indian government to achieve macroeconomic objectives like controlling inflation, stimulating consumption, promoting growth, and maintaining liquidity in the economy. Price stability is a necessary precondition for sustainable growth, and the RBI primarily focuses on maintaining it while not losing sight of the growth objective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To achieve these objectives, the RBI uses various monetary instruments such as the repo rate, reverse repo rate, statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), and cash reserve ratio (CRR). The RBI&#8217;s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), constituted by the central government, determines the policy interest rate required to achieve the inflation target.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth noting that the RBI adjusts its monetary policy four times a year and that its policies can change depending on the economic situation of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been active in making <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/bond-market\/rbi-monetary-policy-2022-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monetary policy<\/a> decisions in the first quarter of 2023. In its first monetary policy statement of the year on February 9, 2023, Governor Shaktikanta Das noted the historical significance of 2023 for the RBI, as it marks the 74th anniversary of the bank&#8217;s transition from a joint stock company to public ownership. The statement also highlighted the MPC&#8217;s decision to increase the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50 percent, effective immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_closer_look_into_the_merchant_bank\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/a-closer-look-into-merchant-bank\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_Monetary_Policy\"><strong>A closer look into the merchant bank\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Early_Years\"><\/span><strong>The Early Years<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The history of central banking in India dates back to the late 18th century. The Bank of Hindustan, established in Calcutta in 1770, was the first bank in <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/investment-guide\/five-investment-options-under-fiftythousand-in-india\/\">India<\/a> under European management, but it ceased operations by 1832. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were several proposals to establish a central bank in India. In 1911, the Central Bank of India was established as the first commercial Indian bank that was wholly owned and managed by Indians, and it was the ultimate realization of the dream of Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The establishment of a central bank in India was recommended by the Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance, also known as the Hilton-Young Commission, in 1926. The commission suggested the creation of a central bank for India to separate the control of currency and credit from the Government and to augment banking facilities throughout the country. Based on the recommendation, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbi.org.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reserve Bank of India (RBI)<\/a> was founded on April 1, 1935, by the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially, the offices of the Banking Department were established in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, and Rangoon. The Reserve Bank continued to act as the Central Bank for Burma until the Japanese Occupation of Burma and later until April 1947 after Burma seceded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/investment-guide\/union-budget-2023-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Union<\/a> in 1937. Today, the central office of RBI is located in Mumbai, and it serves as a central bank where commercial banks are account holders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The banking industry in India has witnessed tremendous growth and development since the establishment of the RBI, and it continues to play a crucial role in the Indian economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_calculative_rule_of_72\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/the-calculative-rule-of-72\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_Monetary_Policy\"><strong>The calculative rule of 72<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_RBIs_Monetary_Toolbox\"><\/span><strong>The RBI&#8217;s Monetary Toolbox<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The RBI uses various tools and instruments to maintain the monetary policy and achieve its objectives. Some of these instruments include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): CRR refers to the percentage of deposits that banks must hold with the RBI as reserves. The RBI can increase or decrease the CRR to reduce or increase the amount of money available for lending by the banks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): SLR refers to the percentage of deposits that banks must maintain in the form of liquid assets such as government securities. The RBI can increase or decrease the SLR to regulate the credit flow in the economy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repo and Reverse Repo Rates: Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks, while the reverse repo rate is the rate at which the RBI borrows money from commercial banks. The RBI can increase or decrease these rates to influence the amount of liquidity in the system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF): LAF is a monetary policy instrument that allows commercial banks and primary dealers to borrow money through repurchase agreements or repos\/reverse repos. The RBI uses LAF to help banks adjust to day-to-day fluctuations in liquidity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moral Suasion: The RBI can also use moral suasion to influence the lending decisions of banks. This involves informal communication between the RBI and the banks to encourage them to follow certain policies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Fiscal-Monetary_Tango_Why_Coordination_is_Key_for_Economic_Stability\"><\/span><strong>The Fiscal-Monetary Tango: Why Coordination is Key for Economic Stability?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central banks have a crucial role in influencing monetary policy through various tools and methods. These tools include open market operations (OMO), reserve requirements, and the discount rate. OMO involves the buying and selling of government securities by central banks, which affects the money supply in the economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, reserve requirements refer to the percentage of deposits that banks must hold as reserves, which can be increased or decreased by central banks to affect the amount of money banks can lend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discount rate, also known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/bond-news\/what-are-the-interest-rates-offered-by-nbfc-bonds\/\">interest rate<\/a> charged by the central bank on loans to commercial banks, can be adjusted to influence the cost of borrowing for banks and their lending behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent times, many central banks have adopted a more hawkish stance, favoring higher interest rates and less physical cash circulating the economy. Some major central banks have increased interest rates at a fast pace in the last two decades as policymakers went all out in the battle to contain surging inflation. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/bond-market\/what-are-inflation-linked-bonds\/\">Inflation<\/a> has been one of the concerns facing central banks, and they have to balance their response with other worries such as a rapidly changing economic backdrop, from deglobalization to climate change, aging populations, and the advent of digital money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central banks in advanced economies enjoy a high degree of independence, which protects monetary policy decisions from political influence. However, they should design a monetary policy framework that prescribes acting conditionally on how fiscal policy behaves in response to pressure from fiscal policymakers. In a presentation at the 2021 Jackson Hole Symposium, IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath discussed the interaction of fiscal and monetary policy and emphasized the importance of coordination between the two policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ECB noted that the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy in the euro area has changed in recent years. Before the pandemic, monetary policy was challenged by persistently low inflation, while also being constrained by the effective lower bound. After the pandemic, the ECB implemented an expansionary monetary policy stance to support economic recovery, while fiscal policy was used to provide targeted support to those most affected by the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The relationship between fiscal and monetary policy has a different impact on the economy depending on the role of each authority. The type of relationship established by both authorities is crucial in determining how their policies will influence inflation, <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/debt-management-what-to-do-without-impacting-your-investments\/\">debt<\/a>, and economic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ECB has emphasized the importance of fiscal and macroprudential policy as the first lines of defense for economic stabilization and fostering financial stability, leaving monetary policy to focus exclusively on price stability. The importance of both fiscal and macroprudential policy has recently increased.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steering_Your_Business_Through_the_Storms_of_Monetary_Policy\"><\/span><strong>Steering Your Business Through the Storms of Monetary Policy<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The impact of monetary policy on businesses is mainly through interest rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For businesses, monitoring monetary policy is like keeping a close eye on the weather forecast &#8211; you never know when a sudden storm of interest rates could hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the central bank increases the supply of money, it lowers interest rates, making borrowing cheaper and more attractive to businesses, which can increase <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/whats-fascinating-about-warren-buffets-investment-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investment<\/a> and stimulate economic growth. Conversely, if the central bank reduces the money supply, it raises interest rates, which makes borrowing more expensive and less attractive to businesses, which simply leads to reduced <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/diversifying-investment-portfolio-managing-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investments<\/a> therein slowing down economic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The changes in interest rates also affect different parts of the economy differently, and so the effects of monetary policy on businesses can be manifold. For instance, businesses with variable-rate debt could experience changes in their monthly interest payments due to changes in interest rates. Also, businesses that rely on credit, such as startups or small businesses, could face increased difficulty in obtaining loans when interest rates are high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, monetary policy can also indirectly affect businesses by influencing the overall demand for goods and services in the economy. When overall demand slows relative to the economy&#8217;s capacity to produce goods and services, <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/market-view\/how-to-prepare-for-a-recession-in-india-and-what-to-do-when-one-hits\/\">unemployment<\/a> tends to rise and inflation tends to decline. This can lead to reduced business activity, as fewer consumers have the purchasing power to buy goods and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_essence_of_volatility\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/essentials\/bond-market\/the-essence-of-volatility\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_Monetary_Policy\"><strong>The essence of volatility<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQs_about_Monetary_Policy\"><\/span><strong>FAQs about <b>Monetary Policy<\/b><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_What_is_monetary_policy\"><\/span><strong>1. What is monetary policy?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Monetary policy refers to the set of actions taken by a central bank or government authority to manage the money supply in an economy with the aim of achieving specific macroeconomic goals.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_What_is_the_purpose_of_monetary_policy\"><\/span><strong>2. What is the purpose of monetary policy?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main purpose of monetary policy is to achieve macroeconomic objectives like controlling inflation, stimulating consumption, promoting growth, and maintaining liquidity in the economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_How_many_times_does_RBI_adjusts_the_monetary_policy\"><\/span><strong>3. 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