MUMBAI, India, April 9 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:

This was the 54th meeting overall and the first meeting in the financial year 2025-26 of the MPC. The year has begun on an anxious note for the global economy. Some of the concerns on trade frictions are coming true, unsettling the global community. We, at the Reserve Bank, while remaining alert to these global developments, began the year celebrating the completion of 90 years of this august institution since its establishment on 1st April, 1935. The Reserve Bank's journey over the last nine decades is closely intertwined with the nation's development and progress. As a custodian of monetary and financial stability, the Reserve Bank has evolved over the ye...