Policymakers have been grappling with high prices for food staples such as onions and potatoes even after the central bank raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point in each of its previous two reviews.
Will the government now push to move away from what Mr Rajan has been doing in the last few years?
India's economy grew an historically modest 7 per cent last quarter but industrial output has generally been strong.
A strong currency helps in fighting some of the import-led inflation.
The rupee had surged 37 paise to end at a nine-month high of 59.68 against the dollar on Tuesday. Forex market remained closed on Wednesday for 'Buddha Purnima'.
When he didn't respond (Mr Saver has lost count of how many relationship managers he has had in the past few years!), the gentleman landed up at his doorstep and started pleading with him to open fixed deposits with the bank, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
RBI policy surely cannot impact agflation, in any case.
RBI has also announced new guidelines to price loans from April 1.
Bankers and economists agree rates will soften, though the quantum would depend on banks' asset-liability profile
Raghuram Rajan has appointed him as head of several committees soon after taking charge.
Banks have issues with their balance sheet profiles, say PSB executives.
'The reform agenda is progressing in the right direction'.
The RBI governor believes corruption ca be fought by streamlining the system.
Reserve Bank will hold its first bi-monthly monetary policy review for 2016-17 on Tuesday.
Discussion paper fixes Rs 1,000 cr as minimum capital for these specialised banks
India's first quarter GDP growth print was 7.9 per cent y-o-y, primarily led by urban consumption demand
The meet will focus on the recent global economic developments, challenges and collective measures to address them
Global currency market sentiment is likely to be driven by the US deficit and debt ceiling negotiations, with markets likely to turn more risk averse closer to October 17, the date by which the US Congress must approve raising the country's borrowing limit.
Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
The RBI cut the rate several times last year to reduce it by 125 basis points to the current 6.75 percent.
Addressing a rally in Suratgarh town of Ganganagar district, a day after declaring his party would roll out the scheme if voted to power, Gandhi alleged that Prime Minster Narendra Modi gave money to the rich and top industrialists of the country, but the Congress would serve the poor.
India's current limit of $25 billion for ownership of government bonds by FIIs is fully utilised, leading to calls for increasing it
Meet to review progress on lending, impact of recent rate cuts and what is being done on NPAs, among other things
On India achieving higher growth, Rajan said 9 per cent, which is the widely believed potential growth rate of the economy, is still some time away.
The banking sector is set to move at a fast pace from hereon.
With RBI likely to make credit costlier and banks to follow, some ideas on switching money to be able to do this.
No need for extra stimulus, India to hit around 8 pct growth: adviser
'The governor does enjoy a certain amount of recognition in the public and if he is able to communicate on some of those larger issues using the gravitas of his office, I think his contribution to the larger public will be great'
Various global and domestic factors had a sizable impact on the performance of the Indian markets
Though valuations have moderated, they are still above average.
The Jalan panel has recommended to the RBI to keep shady entities out of banking licence race.
On the employment front, services employment was unchanged in April.
Suggesting steps to boost the Indian economy, the IMF chief further said the government should focus on fiscal consolidation.
For the first time, PSU banks will have a non-executive chairman, giving operational responsibility to managing director and chief executive officer.
While he has plenty of critics at home, Rajan is a favourite among foreign investors and has been credited for bringing inflation under control.
The idea is to boost household savings and turn more of them into growth capital. If the plan succeeds, sustained eight per cent-plus rates of gross domestic product growth should be within reach in a few years.
Going by its past experience of differences between the central bank and the finance ministry, the government might prefer a person who could bridge this gap.
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RBI is scheduled to announce monetary policy on Tuesday.
From note ban result to Delhi's next L-G, a few things to look forward to.
The corporate sector does not care from where the money is coming.
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