New Delhi, April 7 -- A combination of easing inflationary conditions and tightening economic growth may see India's central bank cutting its policy rate in the upcoming meeting of its rate-setting panel, according to a Mint poll of 10 economists. Added expectation: more rate cuts may happen this year than earlier anticipated.

The economists unanimously predicted that the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee (MPC) would announce a 25 basis points (bps) cut in the repo rate to 6% after it meets on 7-9 April, as inflation and growth estimates undershoot earlier forecasts. Further, economists from Barclays Bank did not rule out even a 35-bps cut.

It would be the second successive cut in repo rate after 7 February, when the MPC...