Changes to Indian banks' cash reserve ratio

The outcome of the Indian central bank's policy review on Tuesday looks too close to call.

The outcome of the Indian central bank's policy review on Tuesday looks too close to call with a slim majority of economists polled by Reuters predicting no interest rate change and the rest betting on a moderate rise.

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The central bank said on April 17 it was raising the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the proportion of deposits banks must keep aside, by 50 basis points to 8 percent in two phases to curb inflation. The first is on April 26 and the second on May 10.

None of the economists in the Reuters poll expected another CRR increase at Tuesday's review. Following is a chronology of changes in the CRR. The data is sourced from the Reserve Bank of India's Web site www.rbi.org.in.