Mahajan said that the government had every right to use the powers of the RBI act
Market players said the statement issued by the government to defuse the tension with the RBI had helped market sentiment
Asked what action was taken after receiving Rajan's list of NPA defaulters suspected of fraud, the PMO replied that this information does not fall within the scope of RTI
Pitching for "effective independence", RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya had said govts that do not respect central bank's independence would sooner or later incur the wrath of the financial markets
Independence of RBI as a regulator is vital and this can be easily undermined by such public display of differences
From a banking crisis to interest rates, the RBI has often found itself on opposing sides to government officials this year
Acharya's assertions are not surprising considering he himself has been a proponent of keeping central banking separated from any government oversight
The RBI was not immediately available for comment
The 10-year benchmark bond yield rose to 7.87% from its previous close of 7.83%
Government officials have recently called for the RBI to relax its lending restrictions on some banks, and the government has also been trying to trim the RBI's regulatory powers.
The RBI has received letters from the government seeking Governor Urjit Patel's views on issues ranging from the authority's handling of weak state-run lenders to tight liquidity
The government has written to the RBI hinting it may invoke Section 7 of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 - a provision that has never been used since the inception of the law
The senior Congress leader said that the governments he was a part of in the past had never used Section 7 of the Reserve Bank of India Act of 1934
The statement came after reports said that RBI Governor Urjit Patel may consider resigning from his post given a breakdown in relations with the government
Both the government and RBI, in their functioning, have to be guided by public interest and the requirement of the Indian economy, FinMin said in a statement
Section 7 of the RBI Act empowers the government to issue directions to the RBI, after consultation with the Governor, on issues of public interest
The autonomy of the central bank, within the framework of the RBI Act, is an essential and accepted governance requirement, the Finance Mininstry said in a statement on Wednesday