RBI will ensure stability in the forex market, says Shaktikanta Das

In a fireside chat with Tamal Bandyopadhyay in November 2021, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das says challenges of all kinds come with the territory

Sir, welcome, and congratulations. I think no governor in RBI’s 135-year history has got a second term at one go. And you are the second governor to have a six-year term.

Thank you.

How challenging is the job? Roughly half of your first term went into fighting Covid. And many believe that after economic liberalisation, as a governor you have the most difficult task.

For any governor at any point of time, there are a large number of challenges. You have to see the challenges in a particular time context. So, it is very difficult to say which was the