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Monetary Policy is a macroeconomic policy decision taken by the central bank to manage interest rate and money supply with the aim to meet various macroeconomic goals. These set of actions are of two types: expansionary or contractionary. Decreasing money supply and increasing interest rates indicate a contractionary monetary policy. The opposite of this is an expansionary policy, which stimulates economic activity and accordingly affect employment and inflation. In India, the RBI uses a plethora of tools to implement the monetary policy. These include bank rate policy, credit control policy, open market operations, Statutory Liquidity Ratio, and Cash Reserve Ratio. The Main Liquidity Management Tool, Fine Tuning Operations, Marginal Standing Facility Rate, Liquidity Adjustment Facility, and Standing Deposit Facility Rate are other methods used by the central bank to achieve its macroeconomic goals. Each of these tools help the apex bank in bringing changes in the interest rate, or liquidity conditions in the market. For example, to spur economy, the RBI buys bonds through open market operations to boost liquidity and reduce interest rate. This is achieved through monetary policy. In India, the six-member Monetary Policy Committee, headed by the RBI Governor, meets once every quarter to decide on the policy.