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Princeton-educated, consensus builder Sanjay Malhotra appointed new RBI Guv

A computer science engineer and master's in public policy from Princeton University, Sanjay Malhotra, the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is a known consensus builder and the person instrumental in the implementation of the new income tax regime. Malhotra, 56, is currently the Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and will succeed Shaktikanta Das, whose second three-year term comes to an end on December 10. Malhotra, who has more than three decades of experience in public policy with expertise in areas like power, finance and taxation, takes guard at the central bank at a time when the economy is faced with the dual challenge of slowing growth rate and high inflation rate. While Das kept benchmark interest rates unchanged for almost two years in a bid to control inflation, the incoming Governor is said to be a team player who believes prices cannot be managed by the central bank alone and the task needs government help as well. He takes over as the 26th ...

'Did a good job': KV Kamath lauds Das, backs Sanjay Malhotra for RBI role

KV Kamath commends outgoing RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das for his leadership and expresses confidence in Sanjay Malhotra's capabilities as the new RBI Governor

Shaktikanta Das thanks PM Modi, FM Sitharaman as his RBI tenure ends

Shaktikanta Das, set to demit office today, expressed gratitude to PM Modi and FM Sitharaman for their support during his tenure as RBI governor

Fiscal-monetary coordination at its best in last six years: Shaktikanta Das

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday said the fiscal-monetary coordination was at its best during the last six years even as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving the opportunity to head the monetary authority of the country. Das, in a series of posts on X, on his last day of his six-year term as RBI Governor, also thanked the Finance Minister, various stakeholders and his colleagues at the central bank. "Immensely grateful to the Hon'ble PM @narendramodi for giving me this opportunity to serve the country as Governor RBI and for his guidance and encouragement. Benefited a lot from his ideas and thoughts," he said in a post on X from his personal handle. Expressing gratitude to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her constant support and backing, he said, fiscal-monetary coordination was at its best and helped to deal with multiple challenges during the last six years. He also thanked all the stakeholders in the financial sector and in the economy; expe

Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra succeeds Shaktikanta Das as RBI governor

Malhotra takes over the reins of the RBI at a time when growth in the domestic economy has fallen to a seven-quarter low

Turning the page: Focus on external front new RBI governor's first test

Mr Das' term over the past six years was fairly challenging for both the Indian economy and the RBI, largely because of the pandemic

Six years of Shaktikanta Das's leadership as Mint Road's helmsman

It's been an eventful six year for Shaktikanta Das as Mint Road's helmsman. Here's a look at some of the significant moves during his watch

Shaktikanta Das: More hits than misses in six-year tenure as RBI governor

RBI became stronger, surer under Shaktikanta Das

Shaktikanta Das: The man behind GST, note ban, Covid monetary response

Shaktikanta Das, who will demit office as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday, was the key man behind the planning and execution of the demonetisation drive and rollout of the landmark Goods and Services Tax (GST). At the RBI, he steered India's monetary policy response during the challenging period of the pandemic. Das, 67, a career bureaucrat, was put into the high job of the RBI Governor when Urjit Patel abruptly resigned in December 2018. His second three-year term comes to an end on December 10 and will be replaced by Sanjay Malhotra, Revenue Secretary in the Union Ministry of Finance. A 1980-batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, Das, who holds a master's degree in history from Delhi's St Stephen's College and a postgraduate degree in public administration from the University of Birmingham, was economic affairs secretary when the government suddenly scrapped high-value currency notes in November 2016. While the government justified the move as aiming at curbing .

Sanjay Malhotra to be next RBI governor, to succeed Shaktikanta Das

Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990 batch IAS officer from the Rajasthan cadre, will take over from Shaktikanta Das, whose term comes to an end on December 10

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das to demit office on Tuesday after 6 years

Shaktikanta Das will demit the office on Tuesday after completing six years as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra will replace him as the 26th Governor. He was appointed as the Governor on December 12, 2018, after the abrupt exit of Urjit Patel. Das has been twice ranked as the top central banker by the US-based Global Finance magazine. He chaired his last meeting of the rate-setting panel -- Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) -- last week. "In the last few years, we have traversed one of the most difficult periods in the history of the Indian economy, and perhaps, in the global economy also. It was a period of relentless turbulence and jolts. "As a country, we can derive satisfaction that the Indian economy has not just navigated this period of trials successfully but also emerged stronger. As we strive together towards making India a developed economy, I recall what I had said in my statement of February 8, 2023, wherein I had quoted

RBI Governor Das meets FM Sitharaman ahead of former's term coming to end

The meeting took place at the finance minister's North Block office. Sources said that the meeting lasted around 20 minutes and was considered customary following the MPC meeting

RBI Guv Das meets FM Sitharaman two days before end of his extended term

A day after presenting bi-monthly monetary policy, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The meeting comes just ahead of the extended term of incumbent RBI Governor coming to an end. Das's three-year extended term comes to an end on December 10. In 2021, the government had announced a three-year extension to Das's tenure, a month before his term came to an end. According to sources, Das called on the Finance Minister in the evening here. The career bureaucrat-turned-central banker, Das, was appointed the 25th RBI Governor on December 12, 2018, after the abrupt exit of Urjit Patel. With the three-year-extension granted to Das, he is already one of the longest serving RBI governors in its 90-year history. The RBI had on Friday opted for a status quo on the rates for the 11th consecutive time, amid growing calls to address the slowdown in GDP growth in the September quarter at 5.4 per cent. Das, while unveiling bi-monthly policy,

The underlying slowdown in growth is due to inflation: RBI Governor Das

Its better we stick to monetary policy, says RBI governor Shaktikanta Das

De-dollarisation not our objective, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

He also mentioned that the idea of a currency for BRICS countries was floated by one of the countries; however, no decision has been made on the matter

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged, cuts banks' CRR and lowers GDP forecast

Monetary Policy Committee keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.50% for the eleventh consecutive review

No de-dollarisation strategy in place: RBI Guv on Trump's warning to Brics

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das explained India's stand on de-dollarisation after US president-elect Donald Trump's warning to Brics nations

RBI MPC Updates: Shaktikanta Das headlines inflation, says no room for knee-jerk reactions

RBI Monetary Policy Meeting Dec 2024 Updates: Catch all the updates here

RBI raises rates for non-residents to attract forex, halt rupee losses

The move comes as the monetary authority has been using its foreign-exchange reserves to slow the pace of the drop in the rupee

What did RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das say about his tenure extension?

RBI MPC: Governor Shaktikanta Das dodges term question with a smile, focuses on policy