The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 6th February 2025

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A tough call: On the RBI MPC’s first policy review of 2025

The rupee’s slide confounds (confuses or perplexes) monetary policymakers’ task

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will conclude its first policy review of 2025 on Friday (February 7, 2025), in significantly different circumstances from its December 2024 meet. For one, the key personnel have changed. The RBI has a new Governor, with former Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra replacing Shaktikanta Das soon after the last review. Deputy Governor Michael Patra, an MPC member who was in charge of monetary policy, also retired last month. With the Centre yet to name his successor, navigating this review is going to be a tad tricky (difficult or complicated) for the new central bank boss, with another deputy holding additional charge of monetary policy. Second, the rupee is in a free fall of sorts. After hitting 85 to the U.S. dollar on December 19, 2024, it slipped to 86 on January 13, 2025 and crossed 87 on February 3, partly due to the third factor at work. The strengthening dollar is driven by U.S. President Donald Trump’s overdrive (intense or excessive effort) to ‘Make America Great Again’ with higher tariffs on major trade partners, and other disruptive (disturbing or causing disruption) economic plans such as exiting global tax accords, shutting aid flows, et al.

One thing has not changed — the clamour (loud demand or protest) for an interest rate cut from industry and government honchos. In December, this noise was heightened after a sharp growth blip (a sudden temporary increase) in the July-September quarter when GDP grew just 5.4%. Now, with 2024-25 GDP growth downgraded to just 6.4%, and the no marked uptick in economic metrics in the December-ending quarter, growth worries remain entrenched (deeply established or fixed). In the interim, there has been some back and forth between North Block and Mint Street on the factors responsible for stumbling economic activity. The Finance Ministry sought to lay some of the blame for an urban demand slump on tight monetary policy. RBI officials, in the central bank’s January bulletin, said the “one way” to spark a growth rebound and a virtuous cycle of fresh private investments, is to boost consumption through higher disposable incomes, especially for the urban middle class that has been pining (longing or yearning) for relief from food inflation. With the Budget delivering on this front with income tax cuts, the ball is back in the RBI’s court. Inflation has been over 5% in the last five months, but may have eased closer to the RBI’s 4% target in January. But a rate cut could also hurt the rupee further, and spur higher imported inflation. It is an unenviable (undesirable or difficult) situation for the new RBI chief to be in; he might be tempted to take a cue from Mr. Das who had surprised markets with a rate cut in the first review under his watch in 2019, reversing his predecessor’s stance.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 6th February 2025

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1. Confounds: To confuse and surprise someone, often by acting against their expectations.
2. Tricky: Difficult to deal with or do because it involves many details or is hard to understand.
3. Overdrive: A state of working at a much higher level than normal, often in a way that is excessive or intense.
4. Disruptive: Causing difficulty or problems that prevent something from continuing as usual.
5. Clamour: A loud and confused noise, especially of people shouting or demanding something.
6. Blip: A small, temporary change or problem, often one that is not very important.
7. Entrenched: Firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change.
8. Pining: To feel a deep longing or desire for someone or something, especially because it is unattainable.
9. Unenviable: Difficult or unpleasant, and therefore not something that anyone would want.
10. Uptick: A small increase or improvement in something.

Hindu Vocab Master 6th February 2025 with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master Hindi equivalents for all the words for 6th February 2025:

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Confounds	perplexes, baffles, puzzles, astonishes	clarifies, explains, simplifies, resolves
Tricky	difficult, complicated, tricky, tough	easy, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated
Overdrive	acceleration, overwork, excess, hyperdrive	slowdown, underperformance, deceleration, relaxation
Disruptive	disturbing, troublesome, disruptive, disorderly	calming, stable, peaceful, orderly
Clamour	uproar, noise, outcry, protest	silence, quiet, calm, peace
Blip	anomaly, fluctuation, change, spike	stability, consistency, steadiness, normality
Entrenched	established, fixed, settled, rooted	flexible, malleable, changeable, adjustable
Pining	longing, yearning, craving, desiring	content, satisfied, fulfilled, indifferent
Unenviable	undesirable, unpleasant, thankless, undesirable	enviable, desirable, sought-after, appealing
Uptick	increase, rise, boost, surge	decrease, decline, drop, downturn