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Banks have to currently invest 20.75% of their deposits into government securities which is called SLR.

The Reserve Bank today permitted banks to bring down the statutory liquidity ratio securities under held-to-maturity category by 1.25 per c...

RBI reduced SLR, the minimum amount of Government securities (G-secs) that banks have to hold as a per cent of their deposits.

SLR is expressed as a percentage of the net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) of a bank reduced by a technically computed netting amount.

Governor Rajan said that reduction in SLR might not spur credit growth immediately but it would enable banks to meet credit demand.

RBI on Tuesday reduced statutory liquidity ratio, or SLR — mandated investments in government securities (GSec) — to 22.5% from 23%.

RBI reduced the requirement of holding HTM (held-to-maturity) category bonds in the SLR portfolio for the banks to 23 per cent.

Anand Sinha today said the central bank is looking at a move under which a part of banks' statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) holdings can be t...

RBI Dy Guv Anand Sinha said the bank is looking at a move under which a part of banks' SLR can be treated in a way that it complies with Ba...