The Reserve Bank of India Thursday allowed banks to dip further into statutory liquidity reserves in a bid to ease a liquidity squeeze in the money markets.
RBI in a statement said banks could 'carve out' up to 15 per cent of holdings under the statutory liquidity reserves to meet their liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirements as compared to 13 per cent now.
This resulted from a rise in the facility to avail funds for LCR to 13 per cent from 11 per cent, effective October 1, RBI said in a statement.
The move by the central bank follows concerns over tight liquidity conditions and banks' unwillingness to lend to NBFCs.
RBI said it "stands ready to meet the durable liquidity requirements of the system through various available instruments depending on its dynamic assessment of the evolving liquidity and market conditions."
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