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A Reserve Bank of India board meeting began on Monday with investors waiting to see if central bank and government policymakers could bridge differences over several key issues.
Top government officials and one independent director have pressed the RBI to ease lending and capital rules for banks, provide more liquidity to the shadow banking sector, support lending to small businesses and to let the government use more of the RBI's surplus reserves to boost the economy.
Unhappy over the pressure, RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya had warned that undermining central bank independence could be "catastrophic".
The very public row led to speculation that RBI Governor Urjit Patel might resign, though officials have since sought to dampen such talk.
On Monday, the Business Standard newspaper cited unnamed sources saying the RBI might agree at the board meeting to remove some banks from a so-called prompt corrective action plan as the government has made commitments to recapitalise them soon.
The corrective action plan has led to sharp slowdown in lending in 11 state-owned banks.
With nothing emerging from the meeting so far financial markets showed little movement.
The 10-year benchmark bond yield was at 7.81 per cent compared with 7.82 at Friday's close, while the Indian rupee was at 71.89 per dollar versus 71.92 on Friday. The broader NSE stock index was little changed at 0.3 per cent.
Investors were on guard against any resurrection of the row between the central bank and government officials, but few were expecting fireworks as both sides have tried to dispel fears of a more serious falling out.
That has left traders still anxious to see how far the central bank might be ready to compromise to meet the government's demands.
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