India's central bank retained its key interest rates on Wednesday after cutting by 100 basis points since February and downgraded its inflation outlook for the current fiscal year.
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India, governed by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, unanimously decided to hold the policy repo rate at 5.50 percent.
The bank had reduced the rate by 50 basis points in June and 25 basis points each in February and April.
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