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Saturday, August 9, 2025
TopicUrjit Patel

Topic: Urjit Patel

Two acronyms dominated this morning’s headlines: RBI and CBI

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Your daily news capsule.

RBI signals a compromise with Modi govt after marathon meet

Shruti Srivastava -
The Reserve Bank of India will form a panel to study the transfer of its surplus reserves to the government.

Hope Urjit Patel & team have the spine to show PM Modi his place, says Rahul Gandhi

PTI -
The Congress has accused Modi govt of destroying every institution in the country and the latest one being the Reserve Bank of India.

Urjit Patel couldn’t resist demonetisation, Modi’s previous bad idea. He should resist now

Andy Mukherjee -
Resource-strapped Modi govt wants RBI’s surplus capital. But that can deplete RBI’s net worth & make it ineffective.

RBI and Modi govt are set for a Monday face-off

Vrishti Beniwal -
S. Gurumurthy, Modi govt's nominee on RBI board, may be key to whether a compromise can be found or whether already ugly public spat turns even uglier.

Urjit Patel is rigid & uncommunicative but India can’t afford his resignation

TN Ninan -
Past RBI governors too have been rigid, but willing to engage.

Modi govt wants RBI to forego part of its surplus reserves to put it to better use

Vrishti Beniwal -
The government’s demand is expected to further escalate tensions with the RBI which has lately intensified its push for its independence and autonomy.

TN govt must shut down protests against ‘Sarkar’

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Undermining autonomy of RBI is the opposite of Modi’s promise of good governance

Sanjay G. Reddy -
The Modi-RBI tussle flies in the face of minimum government and maximum governance slogan.

Urjit Patel won the first round in RBI vs Centre, but the war isn’t over

Mahua Venkatesh -
The timing of RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya’s scathing speech was impeccable.
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Opinion

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

Swasti Rao -
India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

In Mohammed Siraj, the Pasmanda Muslims have a hero

There is a global race to make fusion power a reality. India must step up investments soon

Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

Snehesh Alex Philip -
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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