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India fairly safe against global volatility, say Rajan

If we have good policy, people will come to India no matter what happens in the world: RBI governor

Rajan deserves second term as RBI Governor: Digvijaya Singh

The senior Congress leader said that the RBI chief has performed exceedingly well in his current assignment

FM says decision on Rajan extn without influence of any factor

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today parried a question on BJP MP Subramanian Swamy's demand for immediate sacking of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan saying the Government and RBI are responsible institutions and decisions will be taken without being influenced by "any other factor." "I think what is important are issues not personalities. Secondly whether what happens to the RBI Governor second term or no second term, what his own views on the issue are, are these matters to be discussed in public," he said. The government, he said, is a very responsible institution and so is RBI. "We will take our decisions without being influenced by any other factor," he told ET Now news channel. He was asked about Swamy writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate sacking of the former IMF Chief Economist alleging that Rajan he was "mentally not fully Indian" and has "wilfully" wrecked the economy. Jaitley said the Reserve Bank and the Finance Ministry have "very ...

Swamy demands Raghuram Rajan's immediate sacking

He further alleged that Raghuram Rajan has 'willfully' wrecked the economy

Why PM Modi should ignore Subramanian Swamy's letter to sack Raghuram Rajan

Because of Rajan's policies, the banking system has mustered enough courage to disclose their toxic assets

Don't want more minefields to deal with: Rajan

RBI Governor said this when asked for his views on Brexit at the Chicago Booth School, London

Raghuram Rajan not fit to be RBI governor: Subramanian Swamy

Said move to increase the interest rates, so as to cut down inflation and stabilise the economy, has backfired and badly affected the nation

More to do in my job, says RBI governor Raghuram Rajan

RBI Governor was responding to a question in London on the politics surrounding extension of his term

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan says core inflation higher than desired

He also said that recovery of Indian economy should accelerate with a good monsoon

No 'Lehman moment' possible in India; firewalls in place: Raghuram Rajan

Rajan also rejected calls for any immediate privatisation of public sector banks

RBI governor Rajan says core inflation a bit higher than desired

Rajan also said India was in the midst of a slow recovery though there were signs of faster growth, with possible acceleration coming from a good monsoon

Policy making easy, political acceptance tougher part: Raghuram Rajan

Said policy formulation in an emerging market like India is a fairly basic economics task as such

India's riskier rating in way of foreign banks' expansion: Rajan

He said greater demand on banks to hold capital in the post-financial crisis scenario has come at a cost

A question of answers

While policymakers and economists seem wary of making long-term projections, given the uncertain global economic scenario, politicians in general are never short of breath or braggadocio. So at an event in Delhi, when a member of the audience requested Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan to predict the exchange rate and the inflation rate five years from now, he seemed to dither for a moment. As the packed hall broke into laughter, someone in the audience quipped, "Only (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi can answer that."

Credibility low as bankers have 'cried wolf too often': Rajan

He said that the greater demand on banks to hold capital in the post-financial crisis scenario has come at a cost

Central banks should liaise better during crisis: Raghuram Rajan

Says many emerging markets have already been taking steps to help their neighbours

Rajan floats 'traffic signal' like control on central bankers

Says India can follow the same rules in about a decade

Raghuram Rajan unsure about dropping money through helicopter

He questioned if global monetary policy was increasingly becoming part of the problem, not part of the solution

Govt not averse to giving RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan a second term

However, the government has not taken a final call and is yet to inform Rajan

Why Raghuram Rajan deserves a second term

What differentiates Rajan from his predecessors is his proactive steps in anticipating a problem and coming up with out-of-the-box solutions.