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  PM Modi picks Urjit Patel as Raghuram Rajan's successor; know all about new RBI chief

  August 23, 2016 15:49 IST

  In a development that was eagerly awaited for two months now, the government today named economist and banker Urjit R. Patel the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Patel, 52, a Deputy

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  Urjit Patel to succeed Raghuram Rajan as Reserve Bank of India Governor

  August 20, 2016 18:45 IST

  Ending months of speculations about who will fill in the shoes of Raghuram Rajan at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Urjit Patel was today appointed as the new Governor of the Central bank. The

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  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | August 16, 2016 20:09 IST

  Important stories of the day

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  Overpaid at bottom, underpaid at top: Rajan underlines the problem at PSBs

  August 16, 2016 18:40 IST

  Pitching for an end to the government’s role in top-level appointments at state-run banks, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday suggested empowering their boards to take all major governance decisions freely without having multiple "constituencies

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  Whatever I say will be ‘problematic’: Raghuram Rajan evades question on PM Modi

  August 11, 2016 18:13 IST

  Having faced a slew of attacks over speaking his mind on a range of issues, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, it now appears, has learnt the art of avoidance. While that may stoke

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  Raghuram Rajan terms political attacks on him as abominable; says ‘was open to extension’

  August 10, 2016 17:41 IST

  Outgoing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan today termed the political attacks on him as abominable and said that he was open to stay a bit longer to “complete the unfinished work of bank clean up, but is perfectly happy to go”

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  Enjoyed every minute of my job, anonymous thank you messages beat criticism: Raghuram Rajan

  August 09, 2016 14:08 IST

  Raghuram Rajan, who has been a target of vociferous attack in the last few months, on Tuesday said that he has enjoyed every minute of his job as Reserve Bank of India governor. “It

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  In his last policy review, Raghuram Rajan leaves repo rate unchanged at 6.5 pc

  August 09, 2016 12:35 IST

  In the last monetary policy review by Reserve Bank of India Governor, Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday decided against changing the key interest rates as the retail inflation continues to be above the comfort zone.

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  RBI likely to maintain status quo on key interest rate in its last monetary policy review

  August 08, 2016 15:42 IST

  Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan is widely expected to hold the key interest rate in his last monetary policy review on Tuesday, which is also going to be the last bi-monthly monetary policy to be

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  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | August 07, 2016 20:12 IST

  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

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  ‘Raghuram Rajan was painted as some angel and I as a devil’: Subramanian Swamy

  National | August 07, 2016 19:37 IST

  Continuing his attack against Raghuram Rajan, Bhartiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said that Reserve Bank of India Governor was painted as "some angel" while he was shown as a "devil”. "In the

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  Raghuram Rajan's independent monetary policy update on Tuesday will be last by a RBI governor

  August 07, 2016 10:56 IST

  The coming week will mark the last independent monetary policy update by a RBI governor as the outgoing chief of the central bank will make his last call on the policy on Tuesday. The Reserve

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  Raguram Rajan takes on detractors, says govt should look beyond 'motivated criticism' to protect RBI's autonomy

  July 26, 2016 21:09 IST

  Taking his detractors head-on, outgoing Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the criticism that RBI killed growth with high rates was at odds with "received wisdom" of India being fastest-growing. Rajan

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  India needs years of strong growth to match China, must also protect environment: Raghuram Rajan

  July 19, 2016 0:09 IST

  Hyderabad: Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan today said that India will need years of strong growth to catch up with China on per capita GDP and cautioned against expanding economy at the cost

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  Show me how inflation is low, Raghuram Rajan challenges critics

  July 17, 2016 14:27 IST

  Mumbai: The outgoing Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan today took his critics head-on and and challenged them to show how inflation is "very low" before accusing him of "being behind the curve"

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  Raghuram Rajan's successor likely to be announced this week, Arvind Panagariya front runner

  July 12, 2016 11:23 IST

  New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan's successor is likely to be announced this week, according to media reports. The top contenders next RBI governor include NITI Aayog's Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya and former RBI

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  Wrong to say central banks always have a ‘bazooka’ left, says Raghuram Rajan

  July 03, 2016 21:08 IST

  New Delhi: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today said it is not right to always claim a ‘bazooka’ left up the sleeves of central banks, even as he asserted that life is “very difficult” in emerging

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  Rajan pitches for longer term for RBI Guv, says ‘three-year stint too short’

  June 30, 2016 19:23 IST

  As his three-year term comes to an end in nine weeks, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today said the three-year tenure for the Central bank head is "too short" and pitched for a minimum term of four years.

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  Rajan would’ve stayed as RBI Governor if govt had responded sooner, says father

  June 29, 2016 9:41 IST

  Chennai: Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan’s father has said that Rajan may have stayed on at the post if the government had reacted promptly when the attacks on him started. Retired senior

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  Economist or Banker? 7 candidates likely to succeed Rajan at RBI

  June 27, 2016 16:03 IST

  New Delhi: The government has shortlisted the possible candidates to replace Raghuram Rajan as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, with the clear intention that no bureaucrat be appointed as the central banker. RBI