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What are the short and long term tools of lending to commercial banks by the RBI?

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✅ Correct Option: 3

The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends to commercial banks for short periods against securities, while the bank rate is used for long-term lending without such collateral. Hence short period: repo rate; long period: bank rate.

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