Make the most of emerging shifts in economy, RBI's Das to industry captains

RBI governor favours a domestic free trade in agriculture, says policies undertaken by govt should be able to encourage private investment in supply chain infra

The coronavirus-led gloom notwithstanding, India is undergoing some dynamic shift and the industry as well as policymakers must make the most out of it, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das said on Monday.

Das was interacting with industry captains at a meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) governing council. The RBI governor listed out five emerging trends for the Indian economy – boom in the farm sector; renewable energy getting precedence, growth being powered by information and communication technology and start-ups, shifts in supply and value chains in both domestic and global; and infrastructure as the force