Dey, a veteran crime reporter, had planned a book, titled 'Chindi -- Rags to Riches', wherein he was going to write the stories of 20 gangsters with humble origins.
Raghuram Rajan optimistic about passage of GST
Rajan has already warned he does not have a 'magic wand' to deal with India's economic crisis.
India's chief economic adviser, Raghuram Rajan has been appointed as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
This compares with China at over $10 trillion and India $2 trillion.
Indian economy has good fundamentals and sizeable foreign reserves, RBI Governor Raghuram rajan said.
After opting for status quo in policy rates, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said any more cut will depend on further transmission of previous rate cuts by banks, softening in inflation and progress of monsoon.
Rajan is an acknowledged academic, author and intellectual. He spoke on issues which are in the public domain, said Chidambaram
Rajan says that China should not be solely blamed for global imbalances. Rajan is hopeful but not confident of reviving Doha trade talks.
Rajan encouraged the Indian-American business community to get involved in the 'nitty gritty of the implementation process,' saying such involvement was not difficult especially since the Indian government has the political will to reform.
'The RBI risks becoming dangerously weakened, as successive governments and finance ministers have misunderstood its role'.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan wanted to improve training for staff, through initiatives such as sending them to other central banks for short stints.
Security agencies have decided to bring arrested gangster Chhota Rajan to New Delhi with the Central Bureau of Investigation keeping him in custody for initial period before any other police force is allowed to take him for their respective investigations.
Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover will start producing its Range Rover and Range Rover Sport in India, marking a first for the iconic models in their 54-year long history, to be rolled out from a country outside of the UK. Till now the two models were only produced in Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant in the UK and then exported to around 121 markets globally, including India.
Giving details of Rajan's 'course schedule' for 2016-17, Chicago Booth School said this course will explore the challenges of corporate finance and investment in a more integrated global economy.
The RBI's bi-monthly policy review on June 3 will be the first after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office on May 26.
RBI Governor cautioned against more volatility.
Raghuram Rajan, who was Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry before taking over as RBI Governor on September 4, is scheduled to announce the next mid-quarter policy review on December 18.
Hailing the announcement of Raghuram G Rajan as the new RBI Governor, India Inc on Tuesday said the appointment of the former IMF Chief Economist will help bring the economy back on growth path.
Raghuram Rajan, said, the scourge of loan losses "had a tendency to increase, get too big to ignore, too late to manage, and push the system into crisis".
He warned low interest rates globally could distort markets and would be difficult to abandon
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan says the government should take advantage of the peaks in the Indian equity markets right now and sell stakes in PSUs while prioritising spending to get the economy back on track. The upcoming Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 should look to provide "relief to the poorer households and small and medium enterprises," he said. And then move on to getting the economy back on track.
Rediff.com takes its readers through the various moods of Raghuram Rajan.
In January 2003, the American Finance Association awarded Rajan the inaugural Fischer Black Prize for the best finance researcher under the age of 40.
The three years at the Reserve Bank have mostly been a string of success stories for Rajan, gaining him common man's adulation even as the free-thinker in him made a few foes who matter more in the corridors of power
"Now I get credit for the idea which actually I neither invented nor actually believed in," he said.
Pujari is allegedly involved in eight serious cases in Mumbai, including firing, extortion and murder. A resident of Tagore Nagar in Vikhroli, he had fled from the country years ago. He had allegedly targeted builders and businessmen in eastern Mumbai, the crime branch official said.
If companies get into trouble, the loan becomes a non-performing asset and "we very much want these assets to be back on track," Raghuram Rajan said.
It is the government and its policies and attitude toward FDI that is at the root of the problem.
Vora and Paulson Joseph were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
The central bank will come out with two measures on restructuring to tackle financial stress, Rajan said.
Indian family-run business houses have in recent years seen ugly public spats between owners over control. But metals-to-ports conglomerate Essar's Ruia family seems to be an exception. Three generations of the Ruia family - founder brother Shashi and Ravi Ruia, their children and grandchildren - continue to live under one roof and jointly run the business empire.
Because of Rajan's policies, the banking system has mustered enough courage to disclose their toxic assets
Inflation target remains 5% for January 2017.
The ones who came more recently were clutching the green cards that gave them an escape hatch through which to return to green pastures: Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian and other perfectly honourable gentlemen like them, points out T N Ninan.
Subdued exports remain an area of concern.
Rajan said India's good economic fundamentals would allow it to overcome any 'sharp corrections' in global markets
RBI says, it cut rates as growth was not happening at ground level.
Urjit Patel's reappointment will raise market hopes that Rajan, will also be offered an extension when his tenure ends in September.