RBI credit policy: Home loans may get cheaper

June 18, 2012

New Delhi, June 18: The Indian stock markets on Monday are expected to react positively to the Greece results and also domestic factors. The Reserve Bank of India will announce its mid-term credit policy review on Monday.

Majority of bankers and economist polled by CNBC-TV18 say that the RBI will cut repo rate and reverse repo rate by 25 basis points. This means home loans could become cheaper.

Cash reserve ratio may remain unchanged at 4.75 per cent and the repo rate, which is the rate at which the RBI lends to banks, is currently at 8 per cent. The reverse repo rate at which the RBI borrows from banks is currently at 7 per cent.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has also expressed confidence that the central bank would "adjust the monetary policy" to address the challenges before the economy.

Most experts feel that more or less the market has already factored in 25 basis points cut in both repo rate (at which banks borrow money from RBI) and cash reserve ratio, the portion of deposits that banks are required to keep with the Reserve Bank.

According to Kishor Ostwal, CMD, CNI Research, "Rate cut looks certain as the economy is going through tough patches. The next resistance for Nifty is at 5,155 which is very near and if this is crossed on Monday we may see Nifty rising to 5,280 to 5,300 very fast."

Meanwhile, Angel Broking said in a report, "Global developments in Greece, Spain and the euro-zone summit will keep markets volatile in June."

Meanwhile, the BSE 30-scrip benchmark Sensex gained for the second consecutive week by adding another 231 points on expectations that RBI will cut interest rates at its mid-quarterly monetary policy review on Monday to prop up a slowing economy.

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Chaos continues as IndiGo cancels more flights including 73 from Bengaluru airport

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December 4,2025

Domestic carrier IndiGo has cancelled over 180 flights from three major airports — Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru — on Thursday, December 4, as the airline struggles to secure the required crew to operate its flights in the wake of new flight-duty and rest-period norms for pilots.

While the number of cancellations at Mumbai airport stands at 86 (41 arrivals and 45 departures) for the day, at Bengaluru, 73 flights have been cancelled, including 41 arrivals, according to a PTI report that quoted sources.

"IndiGo cancelled over 180 flights on Thursday at three airports-Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru," the source told the news agency.

Besides, it had cancelled as many as 33 flights at Delhi airport for Thursday, the source said, adding, "The number of cancellations is expected to be higher by the end of the day."

The Gurugram-based airline's On-Time Performance (OTP) nosedived to 19.7 per cent at six key airports — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad — on December 3, as it struggled to get the required crew to operate its services, down from almost half of December 2, when it was 35 per cent.

"IndiGo has been facing acute crew shortage since the implementation of the second phase of the FDTL (Flight Duty Time Limitations) norms, leading to cancellations and huge delays in its operations across the airports," a source had told PTI on Wednesday.

Chaos continued at several major airports for the third day on Thursday because of the cancellations.

A spokesperson for the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru said that 73 IndiGo flights had been cancelled on Thursday.

At least 150 flights were cancelled and dozens of others delayed on Wednesday, airport sources said, leaving thousands of travellers stranded, according to news agency Reuters.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said it is investigating IndiGo flight disruptions and has asked the airline to submit the reasons for the current situation, as well as its plans to reduce flight cancellations and delays.

It may be mentioned here that the pilots' body, Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), has alleged that IndiGo, despite getting a two-year preparatory window before the full implementation of new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew, "inexplicably" adopted a "hiring freeze".

The FIP said it has urged the safety regulator, the DGCA, not to approve airlines' seasonal flight schedules unless they have adequate staff to operate their services "safely and reliably" in accordance with the New Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms.

In a letter to the DGCA late on Wednesday, the FIP urged the DGCA to consider re-evaluating and reallocating slots to other airlines, which have the capacity to operate them without disruption during the peak holiday and fog season if IndiGo continues to "fail in delivering on its commitments to passengers due to its own avoidable staffing shortages."

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