RBI's stitch-in-time act is spot on - The Hindu BusinessLine
RBI’s stitch-in-time act is spot on × The ₹50,000 crore to banks for creating a Covid loan book and other measures are timely. But more reforms may be needed Himadri Bhattacharya It is only but very rarely that a central bank announces emergency liquidity and other measures whose ‘immediate objective is to preserve human life and restore livelihoods.’ That’s what the RBI did and announced in an unscheduled press conference on May 5. The success or otherwise of these measures as also those introduced last year, with all their ramifications, will be known in the years to come. And, ...