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Question
Define qualitative credit control policy of the RBI.
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Solution
The goal of the qualitative approach to credit control is to manage and oversee the distribution of credit among different credit users. They are made to control the flow of credit for particular purposes. Moral persuasion and credit rationing are two instances of qualitative credit control techniques.
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| Column A | Column B | ||
| (i) | A rate of interest at which the central bank (RBI) lends money to member commercial banks to meet they long term needs. | A. | Cash Reserve Ratio |
| (ii) | A rate of interest at which RBI lends money to commercial banks to meet their short term needs. | B. | Statutory liquidity ratio |
| (iii) | A minimum percentage of total deposits kept by banks with the Central Bank. | C. | Repo rate |
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