Mumbai, Dec. 5 -- The Reserve Bank of India's 25-basis-point repo rate cut in its Monetary Policy Committee meeting today was quite appropriate decision taken at a time of unusually low inflation and expected moderation in economic growth, CareEdge Group Chief Economist Rajani Sinha told ANI.

In an online interview with ANI, Sinha said the central bank had taken the right decision at the right moment. "I would say uh RBI repo rate cut was a very uh appropriate decision by the central bank because while the GDP growth number has been very good, uh some of it is statistical in nature," she said.

Calling the move timely because inflation had fallen sharply below the Reserve Bank of India's 2-6% target range, she said the strong GDP print s...