Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers · RBI/2026-27/281
RBI notification RBI/2026-27/281 · 07 Oct 2026
Summary
Check the official recordWhat changed
The Reserve Bank of India increases the policy repo rate to 5.50 percent. This change applies to the Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers. Primary Dealers receive collateralized liquidity support at the new rate. The change takes effect immediately.
What you must do
- Primary Dealers access the Standing Liquidity Facility at the revised repo rate of 5.50 percent.
Key dates
- Effective from
- 07 Oct 2026
- The revised repo rate takes effect.
- 07 Oct 2026
Who is affected
Document text
RBI/2026-27/281
REF.No.MPD.BC.402/07.01.279/2026-27
October 7, 2026
All Primary Dealers,
Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers
As announced in the bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2026-27, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to increase the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 5.25 per cent to 5.50 per cent with immediate effect.
- Accordingly, the Standing Liquidity Facility provided to Primary Dealers (PDs) (collateralised liquidity support) from the Reserve Bank would be available at the revised repo rate of 5.50 per cent with immediate effect.
Yours faithfully,
(Rekha Misra)
Adviser-in-Charge
Source details
- Source
- Reserve Bank of India
- Type
- notification
- Published by source
- 07 Oct 2026
- Document number
- RBI/2026-27/281
- Effective date
- 07 Oct 2026
- Coverage area
- banking