Rajan addressed a group of investors in Boston on Thursday.
The rupee has fallen more than 2 per cent against the dollar since the yuan devaluation
The rank of COO is the latest in a series of decisions that met with internal resistance at Mint Road and now North Block.
Underworld don Chhota Rajan was on Saturday sent to Central Bureau of Investigation custody by a court, a day after he was brought from Indonesian city of Bali.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL campaign that began with optimism has melted into chaos. Their bowlers require a drastic transformation in mindset against Sunrisers Hyderabad for them to register an elusive win in Bengaluru on Monday.
Flagging the issue of lack of enough economists in the country, Reserve Bank India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has said the inability to get quality talent may be hurting policy making.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to Tihar Jail after a court remanded him in judicial custody till April 15 in the excise policy case, will remain under 24x7 watch with CCTV cameras in his cell and could watch TV and read books, officials said.
Rajan announced a status-quo on interest rates.
Rahul Gandhi hailed the RBI Governor for steering the Indian economy in "difficult times"
Rajan was speaking in Hyderabad at an interactive session at National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
Stocks and rupee on Monday took an early morning plunge but soon recouped their losses.
'We have 100,000 students going abroad every year.' 'So, we have room for at least 100 universities of very high quality to service those 100,000 students.'
The central bank gave 11 entities licences to start payments banks.
For India, Fitch Ratings has 'BBB-' rating.
The Governor said RBI does not limit itself too much when there is uncertainty.
An Indian police team on Monday for the first time questioned underworld don Chhota Rajan and officials believe that he could be deported to India in the next two-three days.
On Aug 11, the Chinese central bank surprised markets by devaluing the yuan by nearly 2 per cent.
Rajan, who has also served as chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said he had no idea what statistics are pointing at currently and "a revamp" was needed "to really figure out what India's true growth rate is".
The taxpayers and honest borrowers suffer when a big entity defaults.
Rajan has a great track record abroad.
Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar passed the order after Rajan, produced before the court via video conferencing, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.
Yash Dhull was on Monday removed as Delhi captain, hours after the team suffered a heavy defeat against Puducherry in their Ranji Trophy opening match.
The industrial output for the third month in a row remained in the negative territory, contracting 1.5% in January
Rajan said RBI should pay as much dividend as possible to the government, which over the past two years has run into billions of dollars
The single most important issue in Public Sector Banks is corruption.
The mismatch between industrialists' demand and account holders is because of inflation, Rajan said.
Rajan's first few measures include swap window facility for banks to lure in NRI funds.
Head of state-run Indian Bank T M Bhasin had called for a CRR cut.
The Bengaluru outfit will hope for a reversal at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, a venue that carries similar traits as RCB's home -- Chinnaswamy Stadium -- in terms of a smooth pitch and a blistering outfield adding value to the batters' shots.
RBI has, since January, cut its policy rate four times.
Head of central banks from various countries get into a 'Basel huddle' every second month at Basel at the headquarters of the Bank for International Settlement.
Raghuram Rajan, who has been pilloried by his critics for keeping interest rates high and has also been accused of stifling growth.
India needed more specialists within government
He was responding to a question on economic reforms in the country.
With five consecutive defeats, bottom-placed RCB have the daunting task of winning their remaining seven games to keep their play-off prospects alive.
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.
The CBI sources said the agency has charged them with criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and under Provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act in the chargesheet.
Desperate Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be under tremendous pressure to get their act together against an equally struggling Mumbai Indians when the two teams face-off in an Indian Premier League match in Mumbai on Thursday.
The exercise will continue till 6 pm in all the polling stations except those in Maoist-affected areas of Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori districts where it ended at 3 pm, an official said.
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