Below its usual range of 5.90% to 7.50%. The low is 4.00%, in May 2020. Down from 5.50% a year ago.
What it is. The rate at which the RBI lends overnight to banks, set by the Monetary Policy Committee.
How to read it. Every other rupee interest rate takes its cue from this one, with a lag. Read it next to inflation: the same repo rate is tight when inflation is low and loose when it is high.
| Latest | 5.25% | 2 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| A week ago | 5.25% | |
| A month ago | 5.25% | |
| A year ago | 5.50% | |
| Usual range | 5.90% to 7.50% | |
| Median | 6.50% | |
| Lowest | 4.00% | 22 May 2020 |
| Highest | 9.00% | 27 Apr 2001 |
| Percentile, full history | 20 | |
| Percentile, last 5 years | 33 |
The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2001. A percentile is the share of the 1,328 readings since 27 Apr 2001 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.
To cite: tipsheet, “RBI repo rate”, data to 2 Oct 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/repo-rate/
the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.