RBI Opens Term Money Market to Non-banks
1 May 2026National
The RBI allowed non-bank entities - NBFCs, corporates, housing finance companies and all-India financial institutions - to participate in the term money market (14 days to one year), to deepen liquidity and improve policy transmission.
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