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Download Solution PDFWhat is the full form of SLR in the context of economics?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
Key Points
- SLR- Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- It is a kind of reserve that the commercial banks need to maintain before crediting their money to the borrowers.
- Regulating the SLR rates is a component of RBI's monetary policy.
- Reserve Bank of India sets the limit for banks (under Banking Regulation Act, 1949) to hold a certain proportion of their assets as SLR.
- The following types of assets can be reserved by banks as SLR:
- Cash or gold (highly liquid assets)
- RBI approved government securities
- Any other asset as specified by RBI
- It is mandatory for all the Scheduled Commercial banks, Central and State cooperative banks, and deposit accepting Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs).
- NBFCs (which do not accept deposits), Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS), and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) don't fall under the mandate of SLR.
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