MUMBAI: India’s central bank cut interest rates for the third time this year on Tuesday in a bid to further spur Asia’s third-largest economy, with inflation well below its target level.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered the benchmark repo rate—the level at which it lends to commercial banks—by 25 basis points to 7.25 percent with immediate effect.

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