India's newly-appointed monetary policy committee members may see at least one dissenter calling for a rate cut when the group meets next week, several economists said in separate research notes this week.

India’s government appointed three new external members to the central bank’s committee that decides interest rates, just a few days before a scheduled policy meeting.

Government said on Tuesday it had appointed Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as new members of the central bank's rate-setting monetary policy committee. The three new external members have been appointed for a four-year term with immediate effect,

The Indian government has appointed Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as new members of the central bank's rate-setting monetary policy committee, it said in a statement on Tuesday.