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Scope to ease monetary policy - Arvind Subramanian

Reuters
Arvind Subramanian, chief economic adviser at India's Finance Ministry, attends an interview with Reuters in New Delhi, India, September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/Files (Reuters)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - There is scope to ease Indian monetary policy, finance ministry economic adviser Arvind Subramanian said on Friday as he presented his pre-budget Economic Survey. Subramanian called for liquidity to be injected into the financial system and easing of policy rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents his annual budget next Monday. (Reporting by Douglas Busvine; Editing by Krishna N. Das)