Mr Swamy has written letters to the Prime Minister's Office asking for Mr Rajan's services to be terminated.
"Finance Ministry and RBI keep talking all the time," Rajan said.
The mismatch between industrialists' demand and account holders is because of inflation, Rajan said.
While Raghuram Rajan's departure under these circumstances is a pity, it would be wrong to conclude that the RBI or the economy cannot do without him.
An early choice will also allow Mr Rajan to do some hand-holding.
Two members recommended bringing down the rate by 50 bps in the April policy.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, who today surprised markets with a rate hike, defended the move saying a rate cut would not have impacted either banks or borrowers and that bringing down retail prices is the key to sustainable growth.
Rajan warned against waiting to act until inflation expectations become entrenched, but also said the Reserve Bank of India would overlook temporary spikes in inflation.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday called for a daylong 'Bihar Bandh' on March 1 to protest against denial of special category status to the state by the Congress led UPA government.
Welcoming Raghuram Rajan panel report which has put Bihar among the least developed states, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday described it as a 'victory' for the state but was non-committal on alliance with the Congress for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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.
RBI data show one-fifth of all the infrastructure loans are stressed and the share of such loans in overall stressed assets is nearly a third.
The government's critics say that the Prime Minister failed to rein in vicious and unprecedented personal attacks on the central bank chief by the likes of Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy.
India needs foreign exchange buffer reserves to insulate itself from exchange rate volatility as we have "no friends" for swap lines and Japan was the only country that helped during the taper tantrum in 2013, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Tuesday. Participating in a virtual event organised by economic think tank NCAER, Rajan said during the taper tantrum in 2013, India asked for swap lines, and only country who helped was Japan. "We need this (foreign exchange) reserve buffer to insulate ourselves because we have no friends.
The policy will be presented in the backdrop of rising inflation.
Rajan said the process of dialogue with the government did not reach a stage where he could have agreed to stay on
After the screening, the shortlisted candidates will be vetted by an external committee, to be headed by former RBI governor, Bimal Jalan.
RBI unsure whether to cut rates or not in its next monetary policy.
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says, laws must be tightened for freeloaders.
Raghuram Rajan rejected the argument that inflation has come down largely because of "good luck" stemming from low oil prices.
Rajan said that even though inflation has breached the 6 per cent mark as against the RBI target of getting it down to 5 per cent by March 2017, the price rise scenario will ebb in future
RBI conducts interviews for first lateral hire for CGM post; deputy governors to head four distinct verticals.
There is also a lobby within the bureaucracy that wants to see Rajan's influence curtailed
"I am an academic and I have always made it clear that my ultimate home is in the realm of ideas," Rajan said in a letter to staff.
After Raghuram Rajan leaves, the world for the succeeding RBI governors will be distinctly different.
There is nothing wrong with government and RBI having conflicting opinions.
The RBI Governor brought down retail inflation to 3.8% in July.
A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar slammed the United Progressive Alliance government for shelving the special status demand at the behest of its 'natural' ally, the Congress hit back charging him with misleading the people on the issue and instigating them against it.
A 13-member group, headed by RBI Executive Director R Gandhi, has made various recommendations on G-Sec market, retail participation and interest rate derivatives market.
The Raghuram Rajan committee report for evolving a composite development index of states, submitted to the finance ministry today, has a note of dissent from member Shaibal Gupta.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the Finance Ministry's decision to provide more capital to PSU banks will lower the borrowing cost and increase their capacity to lend, besides promoting investments.
RBI could opt for a 'deep cut' after winning inflation war, say experts.
It's time the regulator did some introspection.
The government is likely to name a successor to Rajan sometime this month
Rajan's exit will neither affect the RBI's de facto independence nor its working.
RBI is expected to discuss about the impact of GST in its monetary policy.
The RBI is not statutorily independent from the government but has long enjoyed wide latitude
The 42-year-old Acharya's appointment for a three-year tenure was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Rajan said it is hard to offer an objective self-assessment but the RBI should probably have raised more flags about the quality of lending in the early days of banking exuberance.
With the setting of MPC, the interest rate setting powers would move from RBI Governor to the panel.
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