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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

List-I
(Interest Rate System of the RBI)
List-II
(Year of Introduction)
A. Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate1. 2003
B. Base Rate2. 2019
C. External Benchmark Lending Rate3. 2016
D. Benchmark Prime Lending Rate4. 2010

Code :

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The correct answer is

A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

The RBI has periodically reformed the interest rate benchmark system used by banks for lending, introducing successive regimes to improve monetary policy transmission.

List-I (Interest Rate System)List-II (Year of Introduction)
A. Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)2016
B. Base Rate2010
C. External Benchmark Lending Rate (EBLR)2019
D. Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR)2003

The Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) system was introduced in 2003, followed by the Base Rate system in 2010, then the MCLR system in 2016, and finally the External Benchmark Lending Rate (EBLR) system in 2019 to improve rate transmission.

Hence, the answer is the code A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1.

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