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Held at 5.25% through the February 4-6, April 6-8 and June 3-5, 2026 MPC meetings (June 5, 2026 statement: unchanged, neutral stance; FY27 CPI projection raised to 5.1%). rbi.org.in homepage rate ticker confirmed 5.25% 'as at 1.00pm of July 20, 2026'. Next scheduled review: August 2026.","stale":false,"value":5.25,"series":"policy-rate","source":{"url":"https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=61749","name":"Reserve Bank of India, Monetary Policy Statement 2025-26 — Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (58th meeting, December 3-5, 2025), press release of 5 December 2025"},"country":"IN","disclaimer":"Independent service, not affiliated with any government. 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I need the official figure with its government source, effective date, and whether the data is still fresh.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Payroll compliance check for Philippines operations","prompt":"We're hiring staff in the Philippines — what is the current national minimum wage there? Give me the official figure, when it took effect, and the government source so I can confirm it for our HR team."},{"title":"Cross-country labor cost comparison","prompt":"I need to compare minimum wages across India, Singapore, and South Korea for a market entry report — can you pull the current official minimum wage for each with their effective dates?"},{"title":"Staleness alert for compliance dashboard","prompt":"Check whether the minimum wage data for Japan is still current or flagged as stale — I want to know if we need to re-verify it before filing our quarterly compliance report."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing the minimum wage value (numeric), unit (e.g. currency per period), country code, series identifier, effective date, last confirmed date, a boolean staleness flag, descriptive notes with context, and a source object with the official government URL and document name. 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Prefer it over web scraping or general-purpose search when you need a structured JSON response with effective dates and staleness flags rather than unstructured text.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T00:43:26.679Z","isFirstParty":false}