Mumbai, Feb. 6 -- The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) liquidity management would be pre-emptive with sufficient allowance for unanticipated fluctuations in government balances, changes in currency in circulation, and forex intervention, governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday.

"The Reserve Bank undertook several measures to provide durable liquidity in December and January. Based on assessment of systemic liquidity and its outlook, we announced and undertook further durable liquidity augmenting measures in the second half of January and February 2026," said Malhotra.

Experts had said the RBI policy in February would focus on liquidity measures as systemic liquidity remains low, with the government cash surplus high and the drain from fore...