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Unanimity on rate, dissent on stance: RBI MPC minutes
Mint Chennai
|February 21, 2026
Strong growth and low inflation convinced the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) rate-setting panel to stay on pause in February, according to minutes of the panel's 4-6 February meeting released Friday.
"Given the present state of the economy and its outlookbuoyant growth and benign inflation - I feel the current policy rate is appropriate," RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said in his statement in the minutes, adding that several recent developments
This story is from the February 21, 2026 edition of Mint Chennai.
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