Central Bank not to raise lending rates now

State-run Central Bank of India (CBI) is not planning to increase its lending rate even though it has been witnessing an uptick in cost of funds following RBI’s liquidity tightening moves, a top official said today.

“Last two months, we have seen an escalation in cost of funds. But whether this is going to result in a change of base rate, I don’t think so as of now,” its new chairman and managing director Rajeev Rishi told reporters. He said the bank may think of raising the base rate or the minimum rate of lending as and when a need arises.

“Our base rate is at 10.25 per cent and I am comfortable as of now,” Rishi said.

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