RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on February 2, left the key interest rate unchanged citing inflation.
'The concern that the bad bank may create a moral hazard for the system is extremely valid.'
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Officials, however, said one person's thinking might not change the views of the institution.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
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.
'People who come from IMF-World Bank backgrounds have no dynamism at all,' Subramanian Swamy said.
He will presumably choose to remain true to the framework he has put in place.
The 42-year-old Acharya's appointment for a three-year tenure was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
The RBI working group's proposal to allow corporate houses to set up banks is a 'good-looking' step in a 'bad direction' and may lead to crony capitalism and eventual financial instability, former chief economist of World Bank Kaushik Basu said on Thursday. Basu further said that there is a good reason why all successful economies have a clear dividing line between industries and corporations on the one hand, and banks and lending organisations on the other.
RBI governor also spoke on the ill effects of cutting interest rates too much
RBI conducts interviews for first lateral hire for CGM post; deputy governors to head four distinct verticals.
The step followed Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan's hard talk.
Raghuram Rajan explains the rationale for his policy stance and other issues.
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and the government are working towards financial inclusion.
India's foreign exchange reserves surged $5.04 billion in the week ending March 28, its biggest weekly rise in four months, as the central bank started to buy dollars regularly in an effort to build up its defences against any potential global turmoil.
RBI promises to take all necessary steps, including liquidity support
In response the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - have taken steps to strengthen cooperation such as setting up a joint development bank
The new pay scale will come into effect from January 1.
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The RBI has bought Rs 124.62 billion worth of bonds since its announcement on Aug. 20 that it would occasionally buy bonds to relieve some of the cash tightness in the banking system.
Rajan had overturned the majority opinion of the members and chose to hold the rates at the last monetary policy review in October.
His tweets led to his followers proclaiming that he was backing Patel's appointment
Second authentication for small value payments through credit cards can be reduced subject to conditions.
Some accounts can be revived by rescheduling loans, which the RBI envisages to do once the norms get finalised after the public discussion.
He also said that he stands by Modi as he admires his spine but took a dig at journalists planting "deliberately false stories" to provoke him.
Rajan has been facing continuous attacks by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy and some other sections, who have alleged that he has failed to lower interest rates and boost the economy
The RBI guv said global economy is actually recovering, though slowly
RBI has, since January, cut its policy rate four times.
The RBI working group's proposal to allow corporate houses to set up banks is a "bombshell" and at this juncture, it is more important to stick to the tried and tested limits on involvement of business houses in the banking sector, according to an article jointly written by former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and ex-Deputy Governor Viral Acharya. They also said that the proposal is "best left on the shelf".
The rupee had closed at 60.1550/1650 per dollar on Monday.
In a recent article, Rajan has ridiculed critics of the exchange rate policy.
Most economists feel the RBI has room for a 25-basis point cut, having met inflation targets comfortably
The surge is a stark turnaround from 2013 when the country's current account gap hit a record high due to outflows on expectations the US Fed would rein in its stimulus programme
Panagariya, who heads the government's main economic advisory body NITI Aayog, is also India's Group of 20 summit negotiator
"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.
The report further noted that inflation is expected to fall to 4.5 per cent by quarter ended March 2017.
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, who faced a stinging attack from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presiding over the "worst phase" of the Indian banking sector, on Thursday reminded her that two-third of his tenure as the head of the central bank was under the Bharatiya Janata Party government.
The Governor said RBI does not limit itself too much when there is uncertainty.
As deputy governor, Patel headed the RBI panel to draft the monetary policy report, which became the basis of the ongoing reforms at the apex bank
If 2012 was a year that saw Indian bourses scripting a dramatic turnaround after the meltdown, 2013 was marked by consolidation in the first half and a new found optimism by market participants in the second half.
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