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TopicBimal Jalan panel

Topic: Bimal Jalan panel

Central banks like RBI tend to ‘build an empire’, sometimes at the cost of public interest

In countries like Chile, Israel and Thailand, central banks run with negative net capital.

RBI reserves to be transferred to govt in tranches over 3-5 years, Jalan panel recommends

The panel, set up by RBI and govt to settle the debate over transferring surplus, has been divided, leading to a delay in submitting its report.

Bimal Jalan panel to decide RBI’s surplus reserves misses deadline, report after elections

The six-member Bimal Jalan committee was formed last year after a tussle between Modi govt and then RBI governor Urjit Patel over RBI’s reserves.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.