Shaktikanta Das said the RBI would ensure a "faster and higher" transmission by commercial banks The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Shaktikanta Das, on Thursday unanimously lowered key lending rate or repo rate by 25 basis points or 0.25 per cent to 5.75 per cent.
The six-member committee also changed the policy stance to "accommodative" from "neutral".
Repo rate is the interest rate at which commercial banks borrow short-term funds from the RBI.
The rate cut comes after official data last month showed the country's GDP or gross domestic product grew 5.8 per cent in the quarter ended March 31.
That meant India lost its status as the fastest growing major economy to China, which clocked a growth of 6.4 per cent in the three-month period.