Raghuram Rajan
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'India will remain lower middle economy by 2047 if...': Raghuram Rajan on country's growth
Business | December 16, 2023 23:15 ISTSpeaking at a programme organised by Manthan in Hyderabad, Rajan said that if the nation does not expand quicker, it will age demographically before it becomes richer, meaning that there is the burden of an ageing population to deal with at that point.
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'Raghuram Rajan used false figures to...': Union Minister
Business | June 15, 2023 18:13 ISTIn a research paper, titled 'Has India really become a mobile manufacturing giant?' Rajan raised concerns about the government's PLI scheme as well as concerns over India's rising mobile phone exports.
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India is dangerously close to 'Hindu rate of growth', says Raghuram Rajan - What does it mean
Business | March 06, 2023 16:17 ISTRaghuram Rajan said he's worried that earlier we would be lucky if we hit 5 per cent growth. The latest October-December Indian GDP numbers (4.4 per cent on year ago and 1 per cent relative to the previous quarter) suggest slowing growth from the heady numbers in the first half of the year.
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Davos 2023: Strong core inflation continues to remain big concern for RBI, says Raghuram Rajan
Business | January 19, 2023 17:42 ISTCore inflation is the portion of overall inflation that excludes food and oil. Since, food costs have decreased, which is generally what happens in the winter, Rajan argued that the problem with inflation is disinflation.
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Raghuram Rajan says, "We will be lucky if we get 5 per cent growth next year"
Business | December 15, 2022 16:18 ISTWhile talking with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India said, "India is also going to be hit. India's interest rates have also gone up but Indian exports have been slowing quite a bit. India's inflation problem is more about commodities inflation problem, ve
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Hiking interest rates to tame inflation not 'anti-national': Former RBI chief Raghuram Rajan
Business | April 26, 2022 1:00 ISTKnown for his frank views, Rajan also said it was important to remember that the "war against inflation" is never over.
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'Some bright spots, number of very dark stains': Raghuram Rajan on Indian economy
Business | January 23, 2022 12:11 ISTKnown for his frank views, Rajan also said the government needs to do more to prevent a K-shaped recovery of the economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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'Only one or two will survive', says Raghuram Rajan as Modi govt mulls banning cryptocurrencies
Business | November 25, 2021 0:10 ISTRaghuram Rajan said that cryptos may pose the same problem as unregulated chit funds which take money from people and go bust.
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Fall in GDP alarming; time for bureaucracy to take meaningful action: Raghuram Rajan
Business | September 07, 2020 14:06 ISTTerming the 23.9 per cent fall in economic growth in June quarter alarming, former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has said bureaucracy should come out of complacency and take meaningful action.
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Bold reform that triggers animal spirits needed for Indian economy: Raghuram Rajan
Business | July 31, 2020 8:16 ISTRajan said that because of the slide in the growth over the last few years, India entered the current crisis in a more "debilitated" state as compared to its peers.
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Prioritise economy as our resources are limited: Raghuram Rajan
News | April 30, 2020 19:55 ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi hosts video show on "the economy and how to revive it in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic" during the interaction former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said that we need to decide on keeping economy together in this pandemic.
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Raghuram Rajan says India can take global leadership role in fight against coronavirus
Business | April 30, 2020 14:18 ISTFormer RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that India can take global leadership role in fight against the coronavirus. Responding to former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on one of his questions, Rajan said India would needs Rs 65,000 crore to help the poor in the times of pandemic and considering its total GDP, it can afford to do that.
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Raghuram Rajan says lockdown may not be enough to contain COVID-19 spread
India | March 26, 2020 19:28 ISTFormer RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has taken India's 21-day-lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus with a pinch of salt, saying that the nationwide curfew might not necessarily check the spread of the epidemic
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Raghuram Rajan cautions government on economy again
Business | December 08, 2019 19:11 ISTFormer Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said India is in the midst of a "growth recession" with signs of deep malaise in the Indian economy that is being run through extreme centralisation of power in Prime Minister's Office and powerless ministers.
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Rajan reminds Sitharaman: Most of his tenure as RBI Guv was under BJP
India | October 31, 2019 15:54 ISTFormer 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 BJP government.
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Raghuram Rajan bats for fresh set of reforms, calls economic slowdown 'very worrisome'
Business | August 19, 2019 21:34 ISTThe annual GDP growth in India decelerated to 6.8% from 7.2% in 2017-18 this year. Economic growth figures have been slowest since 2014. Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan said that growth figures by a variety of private analysts are "significantly below" than government projections. He followed up by saying that "slowdown in the economy is very worrisome".
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Consulted 'big economists' including Rahuram Rajan over minimum income scheme: Rahul Gandhi
March 27, 2019 7:27 ISTAddressing a meeting of his party workers at the Ramlila ground here, Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to transfer Rs 15 lakh to every bank account but did not keep the promise.
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India to become bigger than China: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
Business | January 22, 2019 22:55 ISTIn 2017, India became the sixth largest economy with a GDP of USD 2.59 trillion while China was the second larges with a GDP of USD 12.23 trillion, as per World Bank data.
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Agriculture loan waiver should not form part of poll promise: Rajan
India | December 14, 2018 19:26 ISTFormer RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday said farm loan waiver should not form part of poll promises and he has written to Election Commission that such issues should be taken off the table.
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CIC again asks PMO, RBI to disclose wilful defaulters' list, Raghuram Rajan's letter on bad loans
India | November 18, 2018 18:23 ISTHe said the PMO refused to comply with the direction of disclosure of action on Rajan's letter on "grounds which are not legal, which is unfortunate".
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