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Raghuram Rajan believes India will overtake China's economy eventually
Rajan was addressing a session on Strategic Outlook for South Asia during which he shared his observation, further claiming that the Indian economy would continue to grow while the growth rate in China is decelerating.
Demonetisation slowed India's growth when world economy was growing: Raghuram Rajan
Rajan said he saw studies which reaffirmed that banning of high-value current in late 2016 strongly affected India's growth.
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Need to cut uncompensated government mandates imposed on PSBs: Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said, “Agriculture needs serious attention, but not through loan waivers. An all-party agreement to this effect would be in the nation’s interest.”
Reduce number, weight of government mandates for PSBs: Raghuram Rajan
"This is lazy government – if an action is worth doing, it should be paid out of budgetary resources. It also is against the interests of minority shareholders in PSBs," Raghuram Rajan said.
India needs to have a good oil hedging policy: Raghuram Rajan
Raghuram Rajan said if we look at agrarian unrest, one of the big concerns is that agrarian productivity has not increased as it should, and the prices have been fluctuating.
Urjit Patel's resignation a matter of concern: Raghuram Rajan
"I think his statement should be respected. We should go into the details on why there was an impasse which forced him to take this ultimate decision," Rajan said.
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Arun Jaitley responds to Raghuram Rajan's criticism of GST
Countering the criticism over the implementation of the tax reform, Arun Jaitley said, "GST slowed down growth for two quarters, but people overlook how growth rose after that."
Raghuram Rajan: Demonetisation, GST held back India's economic growth, 7% not enough
"The two successive shocks of demonetisation and the GST had a serious impact on growth in India. Growth has fallen off interestingly at a time when growth in the global economy has been peaking up," Rajan said.
RBI is seat belt if govt is driver; autonomy must be respected, says Raghuram Rajan
The disagreements between RBI and the government came out in open when RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya in a hard-hitting speech said failure to defend central bank’s independence would “incur the wrath of the financial markets”.
Explained: How RBI surplus transfers work
This is one of the key issues in the disagreement between govt and RBI. What does the central bank consider in making decisions? How does the surplus transfer system work in other major democracies?
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RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan delivers first Ramnath Goenka Lecture
RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan delivered his first Ramanth Goenka Memorial lecture in New Delhi on Saturday (March 12).
Today in pics: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan addresses press conference
The Reserve Bank on Tuesday kept key policy rate unchanged, giving no respite either to borrowers or India Inc.
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Raghuram Rajan announces RBI monetary policy
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today said the 25 basis point repo rate hike will help rein in consumer price rise.
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Raghuram Rajan says banks will be restored back to health
Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said that efforts of the federal bank and the government to clean up banks' balance sheets would be successful and warned analysts against "scare-mongering"about the level of stressed assets in the sector. India's banks are struggling under $100 billion of stressed loans, choking the financial system at a time when the economy needs fresh investment to galvanise growth. Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said the government, while working closely with RBI, was supporting the banks fully in terms of both capital as well as necessary policy measures. He also said that they have gone through and done the asset quality review and have identified the full extent of the problem.
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