Monetary policy rate (percentage points) - India - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Monetary policy rates around the globe (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In India, the monetary policy rate was 5.50 percent on 31 October 2025, unchanged with respect to 30 October.
Sample. There are 21,287 records in the daily time series displayed in the plot above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1946 to October 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the rate had a mean of 6.91 percent; it attained a maximum of 12.00 on 9 October 1991; it hit a trough of 3.00 on 1 January 1946.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | 5.5 |
| 2025-10-30 | 5.5 |
| 2025-10-31 | 5.5 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Central bank policy rate |
| Country | India |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Interest rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level |