High Borrowing Costs, Inflation Challenges: Sitharaman and RBI’s Take on Economic Trends
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, speaking at the 11th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave 2024, highlighted the challenges posed by high borrowing costs. She urged banks to make interest rates more affordable to enable industries to scale up and build capacities. Currently, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) repo rate stands at 6.50 percent and has…