RBI MPC Minutes, April 23 -- Benchmark interest rate reduction will bolster private consumption and support a revival in private corporate investment, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra had opined while voting for a 25 basis points cut in repo rate along with other five members of the rate-setting panel earlier this month.

Governor Malhotra-headed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had reduced the short-term lending rate by 25 basis points to 6 per cent on April 9. A similar reduction was done in February.

"When consumer price inflation is decisively around its target rate of 4 per cent and growth is still moderate and recovering, monetary policy needs to nurture domestic demand impulses to further increase the growth momentum. This is ...