Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) began its three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Monday in Mumbai, which will conclude on August 6.

The much-anticipated policy announcement will be made by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra at 10 AM on August 6, the final day of the meeting.

In exclusive conversations with ANI, several top economists shared their expectations and forecasts ahead of the policy decision.

Dipanwita Mazumdar, Economist at Bank of Baroda, told ANI that the RBI is expected to adopt a "wait and watch" approach in the upcoming meeting.

"For MPC, we expect a wait and watch approach as already significant frontloading has been done by RBI. Anecdotal evidence shows in an uncertain global policy space; a...