(2) In its first bi-monthly monetarypolicy of 2017-18 in April2017, the RBI announced morebatches under the NEFT to enhanceefficiency and add tocustomer convenience.The RBIsaid additional 11 settlementbatches at half- hourly intervalswill be introduced from 10July, beginning from 8.30 amtill 6.30 pm.With this, the totalnumber of half hourly settlementbatches during theday will increase to 23.