RBI MPC Meeting 2026 Live Updates: Repo rate unchanged at 5.25%; rupee rallies strongly after RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra announces steps to attract foreign inflows

RBI MPC Meeting 2026 Live Updates: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced the monetary policy decision at 10:00 AM today. The MPC kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%. The pause comes at a time when the Middle East conflict has cast a shadow on India’s economic growth prospects. The prospect of El Nino impacting monsoon and agriculture patterns is also weighing on the central bank. The six-member MPC began its three-day policy meeting on Wednesday.Later in the day the GDP data for the fourth quarter of financial year 2025-26 will also be released along with full-year growth estimates for the FY. GDP growth is expected to have moderated in the fourth quarter of FY 2025-26. However, economists and market experts are more worried about the impact of the US-Iran conflict on the growth and inflation numbers in the current and subsequent quarters.Track TOI’s live coverage on RBI’s monetary policy and India’s GDP growth data: