RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg are also expected to attend the meetings.
The International Monetary Fund is going through interesting times. It is in the process of reforming a number of funds, core functions and aligning itself to the current economic realities.
The annual conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund where India was represented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram
The reserves rose to $501.70 billion helped by a whopping rise in foreign currency assets, the latest data from the Reserve Bank of India.
India's large fiscal imbalances, exceeding 10% of GDP and the public debt representing almost four and a half years of revenue, are 'reasons to worry' though its credit rating is better than many emerging markets.
Investor sentiment got a boost after the IMF said India will see its growth picking up to 7.4 per cent in 2018-19 to regain the status of the world's fastest growing major economy.
Eminent economist Parthasarathi Shome will be the new advisor to Finance Minister P Chidambaram. He succeeds Vijay Kelkar, whose term ended on August 31.
Indian economy is rebounding strongly providing a golden opportunity to tackle fiscal challenges decisively but steady rise in debt of the central and state governments could constrain the growth, according to a new International Monetary Fund report
Rajan said he believes that capitalism is breaking down because it is not providing equal opportunities.
Indian central bank may soon edge out its counterpart in the Netherlands from the top-10 list, as latter's holding has largely remained unchanged.
Fund raises growth forecast to 8.3% in 2006.
Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, on Monday congratulated Montek Singh Ahluwalia on his appointment as Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission.
The BRICS stressed on resolution of conflicts in a declaration issued after a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the member nations of the grouping. The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
Ahluwalia, who was part of the team under then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh that started reform process in 1991, is presently with the International Monetary Fund, a post which he is expected to relinquish next month.
Eminent economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia was on Wednesday appointed deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.
The economic cost of tsunami and the subsequent reconstruction and disaster relief appear manageable for India, the International Monetary Fund staff report has said.
The International Monetary Fund has asked India to speed up reforms, including removal of trade barriers, liberalisation of FDI regime and easing of labour laws, to attain over 6-6.5 per cent GDP growth.
In an effort to allow 19 poor countries to promote growth and make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the International Monetary Fund will grant 100 per cent debt relief to them amounting to $3.3 billion
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