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Q5. Consider the following statements regarding the operational mechanics of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy framework:
1. An increase in the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate automatically pushes the floor of the Monetary Policy Corridor upward, effectively draining excess liquidity from the banking system without requiring collateral.
2. When the RBI executes an Open Market Operation (OMO) sale of government securities, it leads to an expansion of the monetary base, thereby driving down short-term market interest rates.
3. The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) acts as a safety valve for commercial banks to borrow overnight funds, but banks are strictly prohibited from dipping into their Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) quota to avail this facility.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a) 1 only
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: The Standing Deposit Facility (SDF), introduced to replace the fixed reverse repo rate as the floor of the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) corridor, allows the RBI to absorb liquidity from commercial banks. Crucially, it does so without giving government securities as collateral to banks. Raising the master SDF rate raises the floor of the interest corridor, making it lucrative for banks to park funds with the central bank rather than lending them out, thereby effectively tightening liquidity.
Statement 2 is a conceptual trap/misleading: When the RBI sells government securities in an Open Market Operation (OMO), it takes cash out of the commercial banking system in exchange for those papers. This contracts, rather than expands, the monetary base. A contracted monetary base reduces loanable funds, which pushes short-term market interest rates upward, not downward.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The very structural definition of the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is that it allows commercial banks to borrow overnight funds from the RBI in emergencies by dipping into their Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) portfolio up to a specified percentage limit, paying a penal rate of interest. Saying they are "strictly prohibited" reverses the foundational mechanism of the MSF

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