WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BANK RATE & REPO RATE

Answer Posted / karthik

BANK RATE is the rate at which RBI lends to the commercial banks for a longer period.

REPO RATE is the rate at which RBI discounts the bills of commercial banks & provide short term credit to banks.
(here they come into an agreement that the bills would be purchased back by the commercial banks).

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