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Thursday, 30 January 2014

Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan New RBI Governor

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Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Dr. Raghuram g. Rajan took over as the 23rd Governer of reserve bank of India on September 4, 2013 for three years. Dr. Rajan, who was also the chief economic advisor to the government of India, succeeded Dr. D. Subbarao. At 50, he is one of the youngest to become RBI Governor. His appointment came as one of the few bright spots amid the economic gloom that has pervaded the country presently. The optimism stems from the fact that Dr. Rajan is truly a world-class economist who had correctly predicted the global turmoil of 2007-09.
Dr. Rajan is set to take over the mantle of the central bank at a time when the economy is faced with multi-pronged crisis of high consumer price inflation, industrial slowdown, a free fall of the rupee and a widening current account deficit (CAD)
After assuming office, Dr. Rajan set out a list of his priorities. These included measures to deepen securities markets, and improve financial inclusion including for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector. Vowing to preserve the value of Rupee, he announced that the RBI would take steps to establish the Rupee as an international currency. Highlighting the importance of inflation targeting, he said that the main role of the RBI was to ensure monetary stability by sustaining confidence into value of rupee.
Other salient measures that Dr. Rajan set out include liberalised branching for the scheduled domestic banks, for which licenses will be issued by January 2014. Also, foreign banks will be persuaded to move to wholly-owned subsidiary structure.

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