Key lending rates hiked by 0.25 per cent to 8%
Cash reserve ratio kept unchanged at 4%
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate stands at 9%
GDP growth to be less than 5% in current fiscal
Growth to improve to 5.5% in 2014-15
Current Account Deficit to be below 2.5%this fiscal
March-end inflation could exceed 8%
Rate hike will set economy securely on disinflationary path
Growth likely to lose momentum in Q3 of 2013-14
Slowdown in economy getting increasingly worrisome
Inflation is a tax that is grossly inequitable, falling hardest on the very poor
Fiscal and monetary authorities should continue to work for macroeconomic stabilisation
Henceforth, policy review to take place every two months. Next review on April 1