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TopicUrijit Patel

Topic: Urijit Patel

Modi govt move to ‘dilute’ bankruptcy law led to our rift, RBI ex-governor Urjit Patel says

The rift centered around February 2018 circular issued by RBI, which forced banks to immediately classify borrowers as defaulters when they delayed repayments.

Viral Acharya leaves RBI as his calls to protect its surplus reserves go unheeded

Deputy Governor Viral Acharya leaves RBI today with a sense of unfinished business on the central bank’s autonomy & the health of lenders.

Indian rupee, Asia’s worst performing currency, crashes past the 70 level to new low

The rupee dropped to 70.08 per dollar before recovering to 69.85 as state-run banks sold dollars, probably on behalf of RBI. There’s not a moment...

India joins emerging markets by raising key interest rate

RBI’s move comes as central banks in emerging markets step up action to counter capital outflows and weaker currencies that threaten to drive up inflation.

In first reaction to PNB-Nirav Modi scam, RBI governor Urjit Patel puts onus on govt

Patel defended the central bank, saying it is simply impossible for the regulator “to be in every nook and corner of banking activity to...

RBI data isn’t enough to argue if demonetisation was a success or failure

It's premature to decide whether demonetisation is a success or failure, write economists Jagdish Bhagwati, Vivek Dehejia and Pravin Krishna.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.