RBI to focus on bringing inflation down to 4pc target

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) remains focused on bringing down consumer inflation to its target of 4 percent by March 2018, supporting an economy growing below potential, and ensuring banks pass on rate cuts, according to its annual report out on Thursday.

After cutting its repo rate by 75 basis points this year, the RBI kept its repo rate on hold at its policy review this month, saying it wanted to monitor inflation and wait for lenders to further lower their lending rates. In the short-term, the RBI will "focus on bringing down inflation in line with the proposed glide path," as well as working with the government and banks "on speeding up the resolution of distressed projects and cleaning up bank balance sheets," Governor Raghuram Rajan wrote in the report.