New Delhi, April 18 -- In a major move to boost liquidity in the market, RBI on Friday announced several additional measures to accelerate the economy and facilitate bank credit flows in lockdown 2.0. Among the various measures announced, its allotment of Rs 10,000 crore to National Housing Bank is a "big move" for the real estate sector reeling under the liquidity crisis. It will help provide capital to HFCs and eventually provide major relief to developers battling liquidity issues in COVID-19 times, Anuj Puri, chairman, Anarock Property Consultants said.
"Further, RBI has reduced the reverse repo rates by 25 bps - it now stands at 3.75%. This is another big step as the rate cut will definitely send out positive signals in the current ti...