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04
Monetary policy and liquidity operations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic 
have geared towards mitigating its adverse impact on economy. Accommodative monetary 
policy along with other regulatory dispensations, asset classification standstill, temporary 
moratorium and provision of adequate liquidity were put in place in order to provide a 
safety net to the system. In 2021-22, some of the measures undertaken by RBI like CRR 
reduction reached pre-set sunset dates, liquidity has been wound down partly but remains 
in surplus mode and regulatory measures have been realigned. 
After several rate cuts in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the repo rate was maintained at 4 per cent 
in 2021-22. The liquidity in the system remained in surplus throughout. RBI undertook 
various measures, including secondary market G-sec acquisition programme, special 
Long-Term Repo operations, on tap targeted Long-Term Repo Operations, etc. to provide 
further liquidity in the system. Thereafter, RBI used Variable Rate Reverse Repo, reverse 
repo auctions to rebalance liquidity conditions. 
Reserve money and broad money supply growth in 2021-22 so far was lower than in the 
previous year. The reserve money growth did not fully translate into commensurate broad 
money supply growth due to the smaller (adjusted) money multiplier reflecting large deposits 
by banks with RBI under reverse repo window. Bank credit growth accelerated gradually 
in 2021-22 up from 5.3 per cent in the beginning of April 2021. The very latest data shows 
that the bank credit growth stands at 9.2 per cent as on 31
st
 December 2021. At the sectoral 
level, credit to agriculture sector continued to register robust growth and showed signs of 
improvement in the industry sector . Services sector credit growth, however , is yet to recover .  
Gross Non-Performing advances ratio of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) continued 
to decline from 11.2 per cent at end of 2017-18 to 6.9 per cent at end-September 2021. 
Similarly, Net Non-Performing advances ratio declined from 6 per cent to 2.2 per cent 
during the same period. Capital to risk-weighted asset ratio of SCBs continued to increase 
from 13 per cent in 2013-14 to 16.54 per cent at end-September 2021. The Return on 
Assets and Return on Equity for Public Sector Banks became positive in June 2020 and 
continued to be positive for the period ending September 2021, after recording negative 
profitability ratios from March 2016 to March 2020. The economic shock of the pandemic 
has been weathered well by the commercial banking system so far, even if some lagged 
impact is still in pipeline.
Monetary Management and  
Financial Intermediation
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CHAPTER
04
Monetary policy and liquidity operations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic 
have geared towards mitigating its adverse impact on economy. Accommodative monetary 
policy along with other regulatory dispensations, asset classification standstill, temporary 
moratorium and provision of adequate liquidity were put in place in order to provide a 
safety net to the system. In 2021-22, some of the measures undertaken by RBI like CRR 
reduction reached pre-set sunset dates, liquidity has been wound down partly but remains 
in surplus mode and regulatory measures have been realigned. 
After several rate cuts in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the repo rate was maintained at 4 per cent 
in 2021-22. The liquidity in the system remained in surplus throughout. RBI undertook 
various measures, including secondary market G-sec acquisition programme, special 
Long-Term Repo operations, on tap targeted Long-Term Repo Operations, etc. to provide 
further liquidity in the system. Thereafter, RBI used Variable Rate Reverse Repo, reverse 
repo auctions to rebalance liquidity conditions. 
Reserve money and broad money supply growth in 2021-22 so far was lower than in the 
previous year. The reserve money growth did not fully translate into commensurate broad 
money supply growth due to the smaller (adjusted) money multiplier reflecting large deposits 
by banks with RBI under reverse repo window. Bank credit growth accelerated gradually 
in 2021-22 up from 5.3 per cent in the beginning of April 2021. The very latest data shows 
that the bank credit growth stands at 9.2 per cent as on 31
st
 December 2021. At the sectoral 
level, credit to agriculture sector continued to register robust growth and showed signs of 
improvement in the industry sector . Services sector credit growth, however , is yet to recover .  
Gross Non-Performing advances ratio of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) continued 
to decline from 11.2 per cent at end of 2017-18 to 6.9 per cent at end-September 2021. 
Similarly, Net Non-Performing advances ratio declined from 6 per cent to 2.2 per cent 
during the same period. Capital to risk-weighted asset ratio of SCBs continued to increase 
from 13 per cent in 2013-14 to 16.54 per cent at end-September 2021. The Return on 
Assets and Return on Equity for Public Sector Banks became positive in June 2020 and 
continued to be positive for the period ending September 2021, after recording negative 
profitability ratios from March 2016 to March 2020. The economic shock of the pandemic 
has been weathered well by the commercial banking system so far, even if some lagged 
impact is still in pipeline.
Monetary Management and  
Financial Intermediation
118 Economic Survey 2021-22
MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS
4.1	 The	 Monetary	 Policy	 Committee	 (MPC)	 maint ained	 status	 quo	 on	 the	 policy	 repo	 rate	
during	 April	 to	 December	 2021	 after	 a	 substantial	 cut	 of	 1 15	 basis	 points	 (bps)	 during	 February-
May	 2020	 and	 a	 cumulativ e	 250	 basis	 points	 cut	 since	 February	 2019	 (Figure	 1	 and	 T able	 1).	
The	 repo	 rate	 which	 currently	 stands	 at	 4	 per	 cent	 is	 lowest	 in	 the	 last	 decade	 (Figure	 1).	 Since	
May	 2020,	 the	 policy	 rates	 have	 been	 on	 hold	 along	 with	 an	 accommodative	 monetary	 policy	
stance	 with	 forward	 guidance	 that	 this	 stance	 will	 continue	 as	 long	 as	 necessary	 to	 revive	 growth	
on	 durable	 basis	 while	 ensuring	 that	 inflation	 remains	 within	 the	 tar get	 (Consumer	 Price	 Index	
inflation	of	4	per	cent	within	a	band	of	+/-	2	per	cent).
Figure 1: Repo and reverse repo rate (per cent)
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Apr, 2011
Aug, 2011
Dec, 2011
Apr, 2012
Aug, 2012
Dec, 2012
Apr, 2013
Aug, 2013
Dec, 2013
Apr, 2014
Aug, 2014
Dec, 2014
Apr, 2015
Aug, 2015
Dec, 2015
Apr, 2016
Aug, 2016
Dec, 2016
Apr, 2017
Aug, 2017
Dec, 2017
Apr, 2018
Aug, 2018
Dec, 2018
Apr, 2019
Aug, 2019
Dec, 2019
Apr, 2020
Aug, 2020
Dec, 2020
Apr, 2021
Aug, 2021
Dec, 2021
per cent
Policy Repo Rate Reverse Repo Rate
Source:	RBI
The year 2021-22 so far has been an exceptional year for the capital markets. There was 
a boom in fundraising through IPOs by many new age companies/tech start-ups/unicorns. 
In April-November 2021, ` 89,066 crore were raised via 75 IPO issues, much higher than 
in any year in last decade. 
The Sensex and Nifty scaled up to touch its peak at 61,766 and 18,477 on October 18, 
2021. Among major emerging market economies, Indian markets outperformed the 
peers in April-December 2021. The process of insolvency which was suspended in view 
of pandemic, started again in end-March 2021. A pre-packaged insolvency resolution 
process was provided under IBC as an alternative insolvency resolution process for 
corporate Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in April 2021.
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CHAPTER
04
Monetary policy and liquidity operations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic 
have geared towards mitigating its adverse impact on economy. Accommodative monetary 
policy along with other regulatory dispensations, asset classification standstill, temporary 
moratorium and provision of adequate liquidity were put in place in order to provide a 
safety net to the system. In 2021-22, some of the measures undertaken by RBI like CRR 
reduction reached pre-set sunset dates, liquidity has been wound down partly but remains 
in surplus mode and regulatory measures have been realigned. 
After several rate cuts in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the repo rate was maintained at 4 per cent 
in 2021-22. The liquidity in the system remained in surplus throughout. RBI undertook 
various measures, including secondary market G-sec acquisition programme, special 
Long-Term Repo operations, on tap targeted Long-Term Repo Operations, etc. to provide 
further liquidity in the system. Thereafter, RBI used Variable Rate Reverse Repo, reverse 
repo auctions to rebalance liquidity conditions. 
Reserve money and broad money supply growth in 2021-22 so far was lower than in the 
previous year. The reserve money growth did not fully translate into commensurate broad 
money supply growth due to the smaller (adjusted) money multiplier reflecting large deposits 
by banks with RBI under reverse repo window. Bank credit growth accelerated gradually 
in 2021-22 up from 5.3 per cent in the beginning of April 2021. The very latest data shows 
that the bank credit growth stands at 9.2 per cent as on 31
st
 December 2021. At the sectoral 
level, credit to agriculture sector continued to register robust growth and showed signs of 
improvement in the industry sector . Services sector credit growth, however , is yet to recover .  
Gross Non-Performing advances ratio of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) continued 
to decline from 11.2 per cent at end of 2017-18 to 6.9 per cent at end-September 2021. 
Similarly, Net Non-Performing advances ratio declined from 6 per cent to 2.2 per cent 
during the same period. Capital to risk-weighted asset ratio of SCBs continued to increase 
from 13 per cent in 2013-14 to 16.54 per cent at end-September 2021. The Return on 
Assets and Return on Equity for Public Sector Banks became positive in June 2020 and 
continued to be positive for the period ending September 2021, after recording negative 
profitability ratios from March 2016 to March 2020. The economic shock of the pandemic 
has been weathered well by the commercial banking system so far, even if some lagged 
impact is still in pipeline.
Monetary Management and  
Financial Intermediation
118 Economic Survey 2021-22
MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS
4.1	 The	 Monetary	 Policy	 Committee	 (MPC)	 maint ained	 status	 quo	 on	 the	 policy	 repo	 rate	
during	 April	 to	 December	 2021	 after	 a	 substantial	 cut	 of	 1 15	 basis	 points	 (bps)	 during	 February-
May	 2020	 and	 a	 cumulativ e	 250	 basis	 points	 cut	 since	 February	 2019	 (Figure	 1	 and	 T able	 1).	
The	 repo	 rate	 which	 currently	 stands	 at	 4	 per	 cent	 is	 lowest	 in	 the	 last	 decade	 (Figure	 1).	 Since	
May	 2020,	 the	 policy	 rates	 have	 been	 on	 hold	 along	 with	 an	 accommodative	 monetary	 policy	
stance	 with	 forward	 guidance	 that	 this	 stance	 will	 continue	 as	 long	 as	 necessary	 to	 revive	 growth	
on	 durable	 basis	 while	 ensuring	 that	 inflation	 remains	 within	 the	 tar get	 (Consumer	 Price	 Index	
inflation	of	4	per	cent	within	a	band	of	+/-	2	per	cent).
Figure 1: Repo and reverse repo rate (per cent)
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Apr, 2011
Aug, 2011
Dec, 2011
Apr, 2012
Aug, 2012
Dec, 2012
Apr, 2013
Aug, 2013
Dec, 2013
Apr, 2014
Aug, 2014
Dec, 2014
Apr, 2015
Aug, 2015
Dec, 2015
Apr, 2016
Aug, 2016
Dec, 2016
Apr, 2017
Aug, 2017
Dec, 2017
Apr, 2018
Aug, 2018
Dec, 2018
Apr, 2019
Aug, 2019
Dec, 2019
Apr, 2020
Aug, 2020
Dec, 2020
Apr, 2021
Aug, 2021
Dec, 2021
per cent
Policy Repo Rate Reverse Repo Rate
Source:	RBI
The year 2021-22 so far has been an exceptional year for the capital markets. There was 
a boom in fundraising through IPOs by many new age companies/tech start-ups/unicorns. 
In April-November 2021, ` 89,066 crore were raised via 75 IPO issues, much higher than 
in any year in last decade. 
The Sensex and Nifty scaled up to touch its peak at 61,766 and 18,477 on October 18, 
2021. Among major emerging market economies, Indian markets outperformed the 
peers in April-December 2021. The process of insolvency which was suspended in view 
of pandemic, started again in end-March 2021. A pre-packaged insolvency resolution 
process was provided under IBC as an alternative insolvency resolution process for 
corporate Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in April 2021.
119 Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation 
Table 1: Revision in Key Rates set by RBI
Effective Date
Repo Rate 
(per cent)
Reverse 
Repo Rate 
(per cent)
Cash Reserve
 Ratio 
(per cent of 
NDTL)
Statutory  
Liquidity Ratio 
(per cent of 
NDTL)
MSF Rate/
Bank Rate 
(per cent)
06-02-2020 5.15 4.90 4.0 18.25 5.40
27-03-2020 4.40 4.00 4.0 18.25 4.65
28-03-2020 4.40 4.00 3.0 18.25 4.65
17-04-2020 4.40 3.75 3.0 18.00 4.65
22-05-2020 4.00 3.35 3.0 18.00 4.25
27-03-2021 4.00 3.35 3.5 18.00 4.25
22-05-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
06-08-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
08-10-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
08-12-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
Source:	RBI
Note:	NDTL:	Net	Demand	and	 T ime	Liabilities
4.2	 In	 the	 initial	 meeting s	 of	 2021-22,	 MPC	 noted	 that	 while	 the	 inflation	 has	 hovered	 above	
the	 upper	 tole rance	 band	 for	 some	 months,	 it	 was	 lar gely	 driven	 by	 adverse	 supply	 shocks	 which	
were	 expected 	 to	 be	 transito ry .	 The	 outlook	 for	 aggregate	 demand	 was	 progressively	 improving	
but	 capacity	 utilisation	 rate s	 were	 low .	 The	 contact	 intensive	 services	 were	 lagging	 behind	 and	
the	 recovery	 was	 uneven	 and	 required	 policy	 support.	 In	 the	 latest	 MPC	 meeting	 in	 December	
2021,	 the	 committee	 pointed	 out	 that	 the	 outlook	 was	 uncertain	 owing	 to	 global	 spillovers,	
potential	 resur gence	 in	 COVID-19	 infections	 and	 diver gences	 in	 policy	 actions	 and	 stances	
across	 the	 world	 with	 inflationary	 pressures	 increasing 	 across	 economies.	 Accordingly ,	 the	 MPC	
decided	 to	 continue	 monito ring	 the	 inflationary	 pressures,	 keep	 the	 policy	 repo	 rate	 unchanged	
at	4	per	cent	and	persist	with	the	accommodative	stance.
4.3	 In	 2021-22	 so	 far ,	 the	 overall	 monetary	 and	 credit	 conditions	 remained	 accommodative.	
However ,	 the	 growth	 rates	 of	 monetary	 aggregates-	 including	 Reserve	 money ,	 Broad	 money	
were	 lower	 as	 compared	 to	 the	 last	 year .	 Reserve	 money	 (M0)	 recorded	 a	 year -on-year	 (Y oY)	
growth	 of	 13	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 7
th
	 January	 2022,	 as	 compa red	 to	 14.3	 per	 cent	 a	 year	 ago.	 However ,	
M0	 adjusted	 for	 the	 first-round	 impact	 of	 changes	 in	 the	 Cash	 Reserve	 Ratio	 (CRR)	 recorded	 a	
lower	growth	(Y oY)	of	7.7	per	cent,	as	compared	with	18.3	per	cent	a	year	ago	(Figure	2).	
4.4	 Expansion	 in	 M0	 during	 2021-22	 so	 far	 was	 driven	 by	 bankers’ 	 deposits	 with	 the	 RBI	
from	 the	 component	 side,	 with	 CRR	 restoration	 in	 phases,	 effective	 27
th
	 March	 2021	 and	 22
nd 
May	 2021.	 Currency	 in	 Circulation	 (CIC)	 grew	 by	 7.8	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 7
th
	 January	 2022,	 lower	 as	
compared	to	the	previous	year	as	precautionary	demand	for	cash	subsided	(T able	2).
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04
Monetary policy and liquidity operations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic 
have geared towards mitigating its adverse impact on economy. Accommodative monetary 
policy along with other regulatory dispensations, asset classification standstill, temporary 
moratorium and provision of adequate liquidity were put in place in order to provide a 
safety net to the system. In 2021-22, some of the measures undertaken by RBI like CRR 
reduction reached pre-set sunset dates, liquidity has been wound down partly but remains 
in surplus mode and regulatory measures have been realigned. 
After several rate cuts in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the repo rate was maintained at 4 per cent 
in 2021-22. The liquidity in the system remained in surplus throughout. RBI undertook 
various measures, including secondary market G-sec acquisition programme, special 
Long-Term Repo operations, on tap targeted Long-Term Repo Operations, etc. to provide 
further liquidity in the system. Thereafter, RBI used Variable Rate Reverse Repo, reverse 
repo auctions to rebalance liquidity conditions. 
Reserve money and broad money supply growth in 2021-22 so far was lower than in the 
previous year. The reserve money growth did not fully translate into commensurate broad 
money supply growth due to the smaller (adjusted) money multiplier reflecting large deposits 
by banks with RBI under reverse repo window. Bank credit growth accelerated gradually 
in 2021-22 up from 5.3 per cent in the beginning of April 2021. The very latest data shows 
that the bank credit growth stands at 9.2 per cent as on 31
st
 December 2021. At the sectoral 
level, credit to agriculture sector continued to register robust growth and showed signs of 
improvement in the industry sector . Services sector credit growth, however , is yet to recover .  
Gross Non-Performing advances ratio of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) continued 
to decline from 11.2 per cent at end of 2017-18 to 6.9 per cent at end-September 2021. 
Similarly, Net Non-Performing advances ratio declined from 6 per cent to 2.2 per cent 
during the same period. Capital to risk-weighted asset ratio of SCBs continued to increase 
from 13 per cent in 2013-14 to 16.54 per cent at end-September 2021. The Return on 
Assets and Return on Equity for Public Sector Banks became positive in June 2020 and 
continued to be positive for the period ending September 2021, after recording negative 
profitability ratios from March 2016 to March 2020. The economic shock of the pandemic 
has been weathered well by the commercial banking system so far, even if some lagged 
impact is still in pipeline.
Monetary Management and  
Financial Intermediation
118 Economic Survey 2021-22
MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS
4.1	 The	 Monetary	 Policy	 Committee	 (MPC)	 maint ained	 status	 quo	 on	 the	 policy	 repo	 rate	
during	 April	 to	 December	 2021	 after	 a	 substantial	 cut	 of	 1 15	 basis	 points	 (bps)	 during	 February-
May	 2020	 and	 a	 cumulativ e	 250	 basis	 points	 cut	 since	 February	 2019	 (Figure	 1	 and	 T able	 1).	
The	 repo	 rate	 which	 currently	 stands	 at	 4	 per	 cent	 is	 lowest	 in	 the	 last	 decade	 (Figure	 1).	 Since	
May	 2020,	 the	 policy	 rates	 have	 been	 on	 hold	 along	 with	 an	 accommodative	 monetary	 policy	
stance	 with	 forward	 guidance	 that	 this	 stance	 will	 continue	 as	 long	 as	 necessary	 to	 revive	 growth	
on	 durable	 basis	 while	 ensuring	 that	 inflation	 remains	 within	 the	 tar get	 (Consumer	 Price	 Index	
inflation	of	4	per	cent	within	a	band	of	+/-	2	per	cent).
Figure 1: Repo and reverse repo rate (per cent)
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Apr, 2011
Aug, 2011
Dec, 2011
Apr, 2012
Aug, 2012
Dec, 2012
Apr, 2013
Aug, 2013
Dec, 2013
Apr, 2014
Aug, 2014
Dec, 2014
Apr, 2015
Aug, 2015
Dec, 2015
Apr, 2016
Aug, 2016
Dec, 2016
Apr, 2017
Aug, 2017
Dec, 2017
Apr, 2018
Aug, 2018
Dec, 2018
Apr, 2019
Aug, 2019
Dec, 2019
Apr, 2020
Aug, 2020
Dec, 2020
Apr, 2021
Aug, 2021
Dec, 2021
per cent
Policy Repo Rate Reverse Repo Rate
Source:	RBI
The year 2021-22 so far has been an exceptional year for the capital markets. There was 
a boom in fundraising through IPOs by many new age companies/tech start-ups/unicorns. 
In April-November 2021, ` 89,066 crore were raised via 75 IPO issues, much higher than 
in any year in last decade. 
The Sensex and Nifty scaled up to touch its peak at 61,766 and 18,477 on October 18, 
2021. Among major emerging market economies, Indian markets outperformed the 
peers in April-December 2021. The process of insolvency which was suspended in view 
of pandemic, started again in end-March 2021. A pre-packaged insolvency resolution 
process was provided under IBC as an alternative insolvency resolution process for 
corporate Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in April 2021.
119 Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation 
Table 1: Revision in Key Rates set by RBI
Effective Date
Repo Rate 
(per cent)
Reverse 
Repo Rate 
(per cent)
Cash Reserve
 Ratio 
(per cent of 
NDTL)
Statutory  
Liquidity Ratio 
(per cent of 
NDTL)
MSF Rate/
Bank Rate 
(per cent)
06-02-2020 5.15 4.90 4.0 18.25 5.40
27-03-2020 4.40 4.00 4.0 18.25 4.65
28-03-2020 4.40 4.00 3.0 18.25 4.65
17-04-2020 4.40 3.75 3.0 18.00 4.65
22-05-2020 4.00 3.35 3.0 18.00 4.25
27-03-2021 4.00 3.35 3.5 18.00 4.25
22-05-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
06-08-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
08-10-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
08-12-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
Source:	RBI
Note:	NDTL:	Net	Demand	and	 T ime	Liabilities
4.2	 In	 the	 initial	 meeting s	 of	 2021-22,	 MPC	 noted	 that	 while	 the	 inflation	 has	 hovered	 above	
the	 upper	 tole rance	 band	 for	 some	 months,	 it	 was	 lar gely	 driven	 by	 adverse	 supply	 shocks	 which	
were	 expected 	 to	 be	 transito ry .	 The	 outlook	 for	 aggregate	 demand	 was	 progressively	 improving	
but	 capacity	 utilisation	 rate s	 were	 low .	 The	 contact	 intensive	 services	 were	 lagging	 behind	 and	
the	 recovery	 was	 uneven	 and	 required	 policy	 support.	 In	 the	 latest	 MPC	 meeting	 in	 December	
2021,	 the	 committee	 pointed	 out	 that	 the	 outlook	 was	 uncertain	 owing	 to	 global	 spillovers,	
potential	 resur gence	 in	 COVID-19	 infections	 and	 diver gences	 in	 policy	 actions	 and	 stances	
across	 the	 world	 with	 inflationary	 pressures	 increasing 	 across	 economies.	 Accordingly ,	 the	 MPC	
decided	 to	 continue	 monito ring	 the	 inflationary	 pressures,	 keep	 the	 policy	 repo	 rate	 unchanged	
at	4	per	cent	and	persist	with	the	accommodative	stance.
4.3	 In	 2021-22	 so	 far ,	 the	 overall	 monetary	 and	 credit	 conditions	 remained	 accommodative.	
However ,	 the	 growth	 rates	 of	 monetary	 aggregates-	 including	 Reserve	 money ,	 Broad	 money	
were	 lower	 as	 compared	 to	 the	 last	 year .	 Reserve	 money	 (M0)	 recorded	 a	 year -on-year	 (Y oY)	
growth	 of	 13	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 7
th
	 January	 2022,	 as	 compa red	 to	 14.3	 per	 cent	 a	 year	 ago.	 However ,	
M0	 adjusted	 for	 the	 first-round	 impact	 of	 changes	 in	 the	 Cash	 Reserve	 Ratio	 (CRR)	 recorded	 a	
lower	growth	(Y oY)	of	7.7	per	cent,	as	compared	with	18.3	per	cent	a	year	ago	(Figure	2).	
4.4	 Expansion	 in	 M0	 during	 2021-22	 so	 far	 was	 driven	 by	 bankers’ 	 deposits	 with	 the	 RBI	
from	 the	 component	 side,	 with	 CRR	 restoration	 in	 phases,	 effective	 27
th
	 March	 2021	 and	 22
nd 
May	 2021.	 Currency	 in	 Circulation	 (CIC)	 grew	 by	 7.8	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 7
th
	 January	 2022,	 lower	 as	
compared	to	the	previous	year	as	precautionary	demand	for	cash	subsided	(T able	2).
120 Economic Survey 2021-22
Table 2: Growth (YoY) in Monetary Aggregates (end-March) (per cent)
 Item 2015-16 2016-17
^
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
*
Currency	in	Circulation	(CIC) 14.9 -19.7 37.0 16.8 14.5 16.6 7.8
#
Cash	with	Banks 6.6 4.2 -2.1 21.4 15.4 4.5 10.7
Currency	with	the	Public 15.2 -20.8 39.2 16.6 14.5 17.1 7.7
Bankers’ 	Deposits	with	the	RBI 7.8 8.4 3.9 6.4 -9.6 28.5 42.0
#
Demand	Deposits 1 1.0 18.4 6.2 9.6 6.8 14.8 26.2
T ime	Deposits 9.2 10.2 5.8 9.6 8.1 10.9 8.2
Reserve Money (M0) 13.1 -12.9 27.3 14.5 9.4 18.8 13.0
#
Broad Money (M3) 10.1 6.9 9.2 10.5 8.9 12.2 9.9
Source:	RBI
Note:	 ^:	 March	 31,	 2017	 over	 April	 1,	 2016	 barring	 Reserve	 Money	 (M0),	 Currency	 in	 Circulation	 (CIC)	 and	
Bankers’ 	Deposits	with	the	RBI	(BD),	*:	 As	on	December	31,	2021,	#:	 As	on	January	7,	2022.
Figure 2: M0, CRR Adjusted M0 and CiC Growth (YoY)
 
Source:	RBI
Note:	CIC:	Currency	in	Circulation,	CRR:	Cash	Reserve	Ratio
4.5	 In	 2021-22	 so	 far ,	 the	 Y oY 	 growth	 of	 broad	 money	 (M3)	 stood	 at	 9.9	 per	 cent	 as	 on	
31
st 	 December ,	 as	 compared	 to	 12.5	 per	 cent	 a	 year	 ago	 (Figure	 3).	 From	 the	 component	 side,	
aggregate	 deposits	 which	 is	 the	 lar gest	 component	 -	 has	 contributed	 most	 to	 the	 expansion	 of	 M3	
during	 the	 year	 so	 far	 (Figure	 4).	 Amongst	 sources,	 bank	 credit	 to	 the	 government	 was	 a	 major	
contributor	 to	 the	 increase 	 in	 broad	 money .	 Banks’ 	 higher	 investments	 in	 liquid	 and	 risk-free	
assets	 such	 as	 SLR	 securiti es	 and	 G-secs,	 resulted	 in	 higher	 net	 bank	 credit	 to	 the	 government.	
Bank	 credit	 to	 the	 commer cial	 sector	 also	 supplemented	 M3	 expansion	 from	 the	 sources	 side.	
The	 Y oY 	 credit	 growth	 for	 Scheduled	 Commercial	 Banks	 was	 9.2	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 31
st 	 December	
2021	as	compared	to	6.6	per	cent	a	year	ago,	reflecting	pick-up	in	credit.	
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04
Monetary policy and liquidity operations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic 
have geared towards mitigating its adverse impact on economy. Accommodative monetary 
policy along with other regulatory dispensations, asset classification standstill, temporary 
moratorium and provision of adequate liquidity were put in place in order to provide a 
safety net to the system. In 2021-22, some of the measures undertaken by RBI like CRR 
reduction reached pre-set sunset dates, liquidity has been wound down partly but remains 
in surplus mode and regulatory measures have been realigned. 
After several rate cuts in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the repo rate was maintained at 4 per cent 
in 2021-22. The liquidity in the system remained in surplus throughout. RBI undertook 
various measures, including secondary market G-sec acquisition programme, special 
Long-Term Repo operations, on tap targeted Long-Term Repo Operations, etc. to provide 
further liquidity in the system. Thereafter, RBI used Variable Rate Reverse Repo, reverse 
repo auctions to rebalance liquidity conditions. 
Reserve money and broad money supply growth in 2021-22 so far was lower than in the 
previous year. The reserve money growth did not fully translate into commensurate broad 
money supply growth due to the smaller (adjusted) money multiplier reflecting large deposits 
by banks with RBI under reverse repo window. Bank credit growth accelerated gradually 
in 2021-22 up from 5.3 per cent in the beginning of April 2021. The very latest data shows 
that the bank credit growth stands at 9.2 per cent as on 31
st
 December 2021. At the sectoral 
level, credit to agriculture sector continued to register robust growth and showed signs of 
improvement in the industry sector . Services sector credit growth, however , is yet to recover .  
Gross Non-Performing advances ratio of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) continued 
to decline from 11.2 per cent at end of 2017-18 to 6.9 per cent at end-September 2021. 
Similarly, Net Non-Performing advances ratio declined from 6 per cent to 2.2 per cent 
during the same period. Capital to risk-weighted asset ratio of SCBs continued to increase 
from 13 per cent in 2013-14 to 16.54 per cent at end-September 2021. The Return on 
Assets and Return on Equity for Public Sector Banks became positive in June 2020 and 
continued to be positive for the period ending September 2021, after recording negative 
profitability ratios from March 2016 to March 2020. The economic shock of the pandemic 
has been weathered well by the commercial banking system so far, even if some lagged 
impact is still in pipeline.
Monetary Management and  
Financial Intermediation
118 Economic Survey 2021-22
MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS
4.1	 The	 Monetary	 Policy	 Committee	 (MPC)	 maint ained	 status	 quo	 on	 the	 policy	 repo	 rate	
during	 April	 to	 December	 2021	 after	 a	 substantial	 cut	 of	 1 15	 basis	 points	 (bps)	 during	 February-
May	 2020	 and	 a	 cumulativ e	 250	 basis	 points	 cut	 since	 February	 2019	 (Figure	 1	 and	 T able	 1).	
The	 repo	 rate	 which	 currently	 stands	 at	 4	 per	 cent	 is	 lowest	 in	 the	 last	 decade	 (Figure	 1).	 Since	
May	 2020,	 the	 policy	 rates	 have	 been	 on	 hold	 along	 with	 an	 accommodative	 monetary	 policy	
stance	 with	 forward	 guidance	 that	 this	 stance	 will	 continue	 as	 long	 as	 necessary	 to	 revive	 growth	
on	 durable	 basis	 while	 ensuring	 that	 inflation	 remains	 within	 the	 tar get	 (Consumer	 Price	 Index	
inflation	of	4	per	cent	within	a	band	of	+/-	2	per	cent).
Figure 1: Repo and reverse repo rate (per cent)
 
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Source:	RBI
The year 2021-22 so far has been an exceptional year for the capital markets. There was 
a boom in fundraising through IPOs by many new age companies/tech start-ups/unicorns. 
In April-November 2021, ` 89,066 crore were raised via 75 IPO issues, much higher than 
in any year in last decade. 
The Sensex and Nifty scaled up to touch its peak at 61,766 and 18,477 on October 18, 
2021. Among major emerging market economies, Indian markets outperformed the 
peers in April-December 2021. The process of insolvency which was suspended in view 
of pandemic, started again in end-March 2021. A pre-packaged insolvency resolution 
process was provided under IBC as an alternative insolvency resolution process for 
corporate Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in April 2021.
119 Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation 
Table 1: Revision in Key Rates set by RBI
Effective Date
Repo Rate 
(per cent)
Reverse 
Repo Rate 
(per cent)
Cash Reserve
 Ratio 
(per cent of 
NDTL)
Statutory  
Liquidity Ratio 
(per cent of 
NDTL)
MSF Rate/
Bank Rate 
(per cent)
06-02-2020 5.15 4.90 4.0 18.25 5.40
27-03-2020 4.40 4.00 4.0 18.25 4.65
28-03-2020 4.40 4.00 3.0 18.25 4.65
17-04-2020 4.40 3.75 3.0 18.00 4.65
22-05-2020 4.00 3.35 3.0 18.00 4.25
27-03-2021 4.00 3.35 3.5 18.00 4.25
22-05-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
06-08-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
08-10-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
08-12-2021 4.00 3.35 4.0 18.00 4.25
Source:	RBI
Note:	NDTL:	Net	Demand	and	 T ime	Liabilities
4.2	 In	 the	 initial	 meeting s	 of	 2021-22,	 MPC	 noted	 that	 while	 the	 inflation	 has	 hovered	 above	
the	 upper	 tole rance	 band	 for	 some	 months,	 it	 was	 lar gely	 driven	 by	 adverse	 supply	 shocks	 which	
were	 expected 	 to	 be	 transito ry .	 The	 outlook	 for	 aggregate	 demand	 was	 progressively	 improving	
but	 capacity	 utilisation	 rate s	 were	 low .	 The	 contact	 intensive	 services	 were	 lagging	 behind	 and	
the	 recovery	 was	 uneven	 and	 required	 policy	 support.	 In	 the	 latest	 MPC	 meeting	 in	 December	
2021,	 the	 committee	 pointed	 out	 that	 the	 outlook	 was	 uncertain	 owing	 to	 global	 spillovers,	
potential	 resur gence	 in	 COVID-19	 infections	 and	 diver gences	 in	 policy	 actions	 and	 stances	
across	 the	 world	 with	 inflationary	 pressures	 increasing 	 across	 economies.	 Accordingly ,	 the	 MPC	
decided	 to	 continue	 monito ring	 the	 inflationary	 pressures,	 keep	 the	 policy	 repo	 rate	 unchanged	
at	4	per	cent	and	persist	with	the	accommodative	stance.
4.3	 In	 2021-22	 so	 far ,	 the	 overall	 monetary	 and	 credit	 conditions	 remained	 accommodative.	
However ,	 the	 growth	 rates	 of	 monetary	 aggregates-	 including	 Reserve	 money ,	 Broad	 money	
were	 lower	 as	 compared	 to	 the	 last	 year .	 Reserve	 money	 (M0)	 recorded	 a	 year -on-year	 (Y oY)	
growth	 of	 13	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 7
th
	 January	 2022,	 as	 compa red	 to	 14.3	 per	 cent	 a	 year	 ago.	 However ,	
M0	 adjusted	 for	 the	 first-round	 impact	 of	 changes	 in	 the	 Cash	 Reserve	 Ratio	 (CRR)	 recorded	 a	
lower	growth	(Y oY)	of	7.7	per	cent,	as	compared	with	18.3	per	cent	a	year	ago	(Figure	2).	
4.4	 Expansion	 in	 M0	 during	 2021-22	 so	 far	 was	 driven	 by	 bankers’ 	 deposits	 with	 the	 RBI	
from	 the	 component	 side,	 with	 CRR	 restoration	 in	 phases,	 effective	 27
th
	 March	 2021	 and	 22
nd 
May	 2021.	 Currency	 in	 Circulation	 (CIC)	 grew	 by	 7.8	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 7
th
	 January	 2022,	 lower	 as	
compared	to	the	previous	year	as	precautionary	demand	for	cash	subsided	(T able	2).
120 Economic Survey 2021-22
Table 2: Growth (YoY) in Monetary Aggregates (end-March) (per cent)
 Item 2015-16 2016-17
^
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
*
Currency	in	Circulation	(CIC) 14.9 -19.7 37.0 16.8 14.5 16.6 7.8
#
Cash	with	Banks 6.6 4.2 -2.1 21.4 15.4 4.5 10.7
Currency	with	the	Public 15.2 -20.8 39.2 16.6 14.5 17.1 7.7
Bankers’ 	Deposits	with	the	RBI 7.8 8.4 3.9 6.4 -9.6 28.5 42.0
#
Demand	Deposits 1 1.0 18.4 6.2 9.6 6.8 14.8 26.2
T ime	Deposits 9.2 10.2 5.8 9.6 8.1 10.9 8.2
Reserve Money (M0) 13.1 -12.9 27.3 14.5 9.4 18.8 13.0
#
Broad Money (M3) 10.1 6.9 9.2 10.5 8.9 12.2 9.9
Source:	RBI
Note:	 ^:	 March	 31,	 2017	 over	 April	 1,	 2016	 barring	 Reserve	 Money	 (M0),	 Currency	 in	 Circulation	 (CIC)	 and	
Bankers’ 	Deposits	with	the	RBI	(BD),	*:	 As	on	December	31,	2021,	#:	 As	on	January	7,	2022.
Figure 2: M0, CRR Adjusted M0 and CiC Growth (YoY)
 
Source:	RBI
Note:	CIC:	Currency	in	Circulation,	CRR:	Cash	Reserve	Ratio
4.5	 In	 2021-22	 so	 far ,	 the	 Y oY 	 growth	 of	 broad	 money	 (M3)	 stood	 at	 9.9	 per	 cent	 as	 on	
31
st 	 December ,	 as	 compared	 to	 12.5	 per	 cent	 a	 year	 ago	 (Figure	 3).	 From	 the	 component	 side,	
aggregate	 deposits	 which	 is	 the	 lar gest	 component	 -	 has	 contributed	 most	 to	 the	 expansion	 of	 M3	
during	 the	 year	 so	 far	 (Figure	 4).	 Amongst	 sources,	 bank	 credit	 to	 the	 government	 was	 a	 major	
contributor	 to	 the	 increase 	 in	 broad	 money .	 Banks’ 	 higher	 investments	 in	 liquid	 and	 risk-free	
assets	 such	 as	 SLR	 securiti es	 and	 G-secs,	 resulted	 in	 higher	 net	 bank	 credit	 to	 the	 government.	
Bank	 credit	 to	 the	 commer cial	 sector	 also	 supplemented	 M3	 expansion	 from	 the	 sources	 side.	
The	 Y oY 	 credit	 growth	 for	 Scheduled	 Commercial	 Banks	 was	 9.2	 per	 cent	 as	 on	 31
st 	 December	
2021	as	compared	to	6.6	per	cent	a	year	ago,	reflecting	pick-up	in	credit.	
121 Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation 
 
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Figure 3: Broad Money Growth (YoY) Figure 4: Aggregate Deposits Growth (YoY)
Source:	RBI
4.6	 Money	 multiplier -	 measured	 as	 a	 ratio	 of	 M3	 to	 M0	 has	 been	 on	 the	 decline	 since	 2017-18	
(Figure	 5(a)).	 As	 on	 31
st 	 March	 2021,	 money	 multi plier	 (MM)	 stood	 at	 5.2	 from	 5.6	 a	 year	 ago.	
However ,	 money	 multiplie r	 adjusted	 for	 reverse	 repo	 -	 analytically	 akin	 to	 banks’ 	 deposits	 with	
the	 central	 bank	 -	 turned	 out	 to	 be	 lower	 at	 4.6	 by	 end-March	 2021.	 The	 gap	 between	 MM	 and	
adjusted	 MM	 reflects	 parking	 of	 funds	 by	 banks	 under	 the	 reverse	 repo	 window	 of	 the	 RBI	 and	
to	 some	 extent	 a	 weak	 credit	 creation	 process.	 Money	 multiplier ,	 however ,	 improved	 slightly	 to	
5.3	as	on	31
st 	December	2021,	while	adjusted	MM	sta nds	at	4.4	(Figure	5	(b)).
Figure 5: Money Multiplier
 
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Source:	RBI
Note:	 Money	 multiplier	 adjusted	 for	 reverse	 repo	 is	 based	 on	 reserve	 money	 adjusted	 for	 commercial	 banks’ 	 reverse	
repo	deposits	with	RBI,	*Number	for	2021-22	is	as	of	31
st 	December	2021	in	Figure	5(a)
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