Should banks pay interest on current accounts as well?

.....Now the only last bastion that remains to be liberated from the regulated interest rateregime is current accounts. And the SBI chief wants this to be deregulated along with the freedom to accept term deposits for periods as low as three days, as RBI permits acceptance of deposits for a minimum of seven days at present. The reasons for such a demand appear to be on the following grounds:.....

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