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TopicShaktikanta Das

Topic: Shaktikanta Das

Modi govt turns to RBI for help before elections

RBI may cough up as much as Rs 40 billion to help the Modi government make up some of its revenue shortfall this fiscal.

Caution is the watchword for world’s top central banks including Reserve Bank of India

Under a new governor Shaktikanta Das, the RBI is likely to prepare markets for an interest rate cut, say economists. Central banks enter the new...

India’s subdued inflation signals interest-rate cuts in coming months

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das is seen as more dovish on monetary policy.

RBI yet to take a decision on dividend: Shaktikanta Das

Earlier, Reuters reported that the RBI is likely to transfer an interim dividend of as much as 400 billion rupees to the government by March.

States must examine ‘fiscal space’ before deciding on farm loan waivers: RBI governor

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das highlighted that waiver of farm loans by state goverments affect credit culture and future credit behaviour of the borrowers. 

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das to meet private sector lenders next week

Das took over as the Governor of RBI last week following the abrupt exit of Urjit Patel. 

Shaktikanta Das’ RBI has a delicate task – balance govt’s fiscal targets & its autonomy

The RBI governor is likely to find a way to transfer the right amount of money to help the government meet its fiscal targets.

RBI’s new governor expected to ease Modi govt’s cash flow problems

Using RBI's surplus capital to support banks & keep economic engines firing may not be a point of contention with new RBI governor Shaktikanta Das.

Fears for the RBI’s freedom are overblown

If the government deserves blame, it’s for not holding the RBI to account much sooner, not for undermining its independence.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.