The Reserve Bank of India left interest rates unchanged on Friday, meeting market expectations, as it awaits data to judge if higher oil prices are stoking inflationary pressures across Asia's third largest economy.The six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, while maintaining its policy stance as "neutral".Also Read| RBI MPC Meeting at a Glance: Your one-stop guide for all key decisionsHere is a timeline of changes to India's benchmark repo rate since June 2000:RATE (%)EFFECTIVE DATE5.2505-08-20265.2505-06-20265.2508-04-20265.2506-02-20265.2505-12-20255.501-10-20255.506-08-20255.506-06-2025609-04-20256.2507-02-20256.506-12-20246.509-10-20246.508-08-20246.507-06-20246.505-04-20246.508-02-20246.508-12-20236.506-10-20236.508-06-20236.506-04-20236.508-02-20236.2507-12-20225.930-09-20225.405-08-20224.908-06-20224.404-05-2022422-05-20204.427-03-20205.1506-02-20205.1505-12-20195.1504-10-20195.407-08-20195.7506-06-2019604-04-20196.2507-02-20196.501-08-20186.2506-06-2018602-08-20176.2504-10-20166.505-04-20166.7529-09-20157.2502-06-20157.504-03-20157.7515-01-2015828-01-20147.7529-10-20137.520-09-20137.2503-05-20137.519-03-20137.7529-01-2013817-04-20128.525-10-20118.2516-09-2011826-07-20117.516-06-20117.2503-05-20116.7517-03-20116.525-01-20116.2502-11-2010616-09-20105.7527-07-20105.502-07-20105.2520-04-2010519-03-20104.7521-04-2009504-03-20095.502-01-20096.508-12-20087.503-11-2008820-10-2008929-07-20088.524-06-2008811-06-20087.7530-03-20077.531-01-20077.2530-10-2006725-07-20066.7508-06-20066.524-01-20066.2526-10-2005631-03-2004719-03-20037.107-03-20037.512-11-2002828-03-20028.507-06-20018.7530-04-2001909-03-20011006-11-200010.313-10-200013.506-09-20001530-08-20001609-08-20001021-07-2000913-07-200012.328-06-200012.627-06-200013.123-06-20001322-06-200013.521-06-20001420-06-200013.519-06-200010.914-06-20009.5513-06-20009.2512-06-20009.0509-06-2000907-06-20009.0505-06-2000
Timeline: How RBI's repo rate has changed since June 2000
The Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and retained its "neutral" policy stance, in line with market expectations, as it awaits more data to assess the impact of higher oil prices on inflation. The timeline below tracks changes in India's benchmark repo rate since June 2000.















