Parl panel quizzes FinMin officials on note ban impact
Members expressed concerns over demonetisation's impact on 'Brand India' as the country has now ceased to be the world's fastest growing major economy.
Nov 09, 2017, 17:12 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan ideal candidate to head US Fed: Barron's magazine
Rajan, who at 40 was the first non-western and the youngest to become the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, shot to big fame three years after he predicted a financial crisis at an annual gathering of economists and bankers in the US in 2005.
Oct 31, 2017, 16:50 PM IST
India should have 5-7 large banks ideally: Arvind Subramanian
Quoting former RBI Governor Y V Reddy, Subramanian said the aim must be to shrink or narrow the scope of the unviable banks.
Oct 25, 2017, 21:07 PM IST
Growth important, but not at cost of inflation: RBI Governor Urjit Patel
The slowdown had sparked some calls for lower interest rates, but with inflation rising the RBI left rates unchanged at a review by the monetary policy committee (MPC) last week.
Oct 09, 2017, 11:22 AM IST
Raghuram Rajan named as possible Nobel Prize winner by Clarivate Analytics
A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Rajan served as visiting professor at Stockholm School of Economics and at Kellogg School of Management.
Oct 07, 2017, 15:37 PM IST
Govt needs to take measures to push growth: C Rangarajan
The economy needs to grow at 7 per cent in three quarters even to have a growth rate of 6.5 per cent for the year as a whole, the eminent economist said.
Oct 01, 2017, 17:40 PM IST
PSU bank merger should follow balancesheet clean-up: Raghuram Rajan
Mergers of PSU banks should be done only after balancesheets are cleaned up and these are nursed back to health with adequate capitalisation, said former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.
Sep 12, 2017, 19:19 PM IST
We could have managed liquidity better: Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that in hindsight it appears that the central bank under his governorship could have managed the liquidity in banking system in a better manner on certain occasions.
Sep 11, 2017, 18:14 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan says Chicago university leave wasn't issue in RBI exit
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has debunked the theory that Chicago University's refusal to extend his leave forced his departure, saying it was never an issue and he wanted to stay longer at the RBI to complete the unfinished task of clean-up of banks.
Sep 10, 2017, 15:45 PM IST
'Pliant' RBI governor loses respect: Raghuram Rajan
Rajan, the first RBI governor not to get a second term in two decades, said certainty of tenure is essential for a central bank chief to perform better.
Sep 08, 2017, 23:42 PM IST
Close down Dept of Financial Services, says Raghuram Raja
Rajan also expressed displeasure at the working of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB), and pitched for having banks run by independent boards and not the finance ministry.
Sep 08, 2017, 23:38 PM IST
Had come back to India to exchange scrapped notes: Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan himself had to come back to India to exchange scrapped currency as he had no clue about the demonetisation date, though the process started during his governorship.
Sep 08, 2017, 00:10 AM IST
Had come back to India to exchange scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes: Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan himself had to come back to India to exchange scrapped currency as he had no clue about the demonetisation date, though the process started during his governorship.
Sep 08, 2017, 00:10 AM IST
I may have resigned if note ban was thrust: Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday that he would have resigned if the demonetisation decision was thrust on him but made it clear that the government can bypass the central bank if it wants to push ahead with such a decision.
Sep 07, 2017, 22:35 PM IST
Better to under-promise and over-achieve: Raghuram Rajan on growth
Rajan, the only central bank governor in two decades who did not get a second term, also seemed to defend his controversial remark of India being a 'one-eyed king in the land of blind', saying GDP expansion slipped in every quarter since that remark in April of last year.
Sep 06, 2017, 00:37 AM IST
Biggest challenge is to clean up balance sheets of PSBs: Raghuram Rajan
Later, responding to a query on post of Governor of RBI, he said it was always "tested". Referring to his earlier stint as Chief Economic Advisor with the Finance Ministry, he said he had seen both sides of the equation.
Sep 06, 2017, 00:29 AM IST
As RBI chief, faced no government interference: Raghuram Rajan
Rajan recalled he became RBI Governor in September 2013 at a time of crisis for the Indian economy.
Sep 05, 2017, 20:48 PM IST
One year of Urjit Patel as RBI Governor: Key highlights from his tenure
Here are the landmark decisions of Urjit Patel's during his year-long tenure as RBI Governor.
Sep 05, 2017, 11:33 AM IST
RBI chief Urjit Patel warns against farm loan waivers
Political analysts say the waivers are also a way to woo rural voters - a key constituency for political parties.
Sep 01, 2017, 00:22 AM IST
Parliamentary panel to submit demonetisation report in Monsoon Session
The Parliamentary panel on finance will present its report on demonetisation in the upcoming Monsoon Session and RBI Governor will not be called again on the note ban issue, the committee's chairman M Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday.
Jul 12, 2017, 20:18 PM IST
