CALL MONEY MARKET: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 1 November 2021
CALL MONEY MARKET
Topic: Indian financial market
- This is basically an inter-bank money market where funds are borrowed and lent, generally, for one day-that is why this is also known as over-night burrowing market (also called money at call).
- Fund can be burrowed/raised for a maximum period upto 14 days (called short notice).
- Burrowing in this market may take place against securities on without securities.
- Rate of interest in this market ‘glides’ with the ‘repo rate’ of the time the principle remains very simple-longer period, higher the interest rate.
- Depending upon the availability and demand of fund in this market the real call rate revolves nearby the current repo rate.
- The scheduled commercial banks, co-operative banks operate in this market as both the burrowers and lenders while LIC, GIC, Mutual Funds, IDBI and NABARD are allowed to operate as only lenders in this market.
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