From steady growth to lower inflation: 6 key takeaways from RBI Annual Report 2022-23
India TodayThe Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday released its annual report 2022-23, where it shed light on different aspects of the Indian economy, ranging from GDP growth to inflation. Moderate inflation risks The RBI said inflation has moderated with downward corrections in global commodity and food prices and “easing of the pass-through from high input cost pressures of last year”. “With a stable exchange rate and a normal monsoon – unless an El Nino event strikes – the inflation trajectory is expected to move down over 2023-24, with headline inflation edging down to 5.2 per cent from the average level of 6.7 per cent recorded last year,” RBI said. The allocation of interest free loans to states for capital expenditure has also been enhanced to Rs 1.3 lakh crore from Rs 1.0 lakh crore in the previous year,” RBI said. “Various other steps to enhance logistics efficiencies and cost competitiveness under the Prime Minister’s Gati Shakti and the National Logistics Policy are expected to bring down logistics costs,” RBI said.