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A year of Shaktikanta Das: The hits & misses as RBI guv

A year of Shaktikanta Das: The hits & misses as RBI guv

Rediff.com11 Dec 2019

The career bureaucrat-turned-central banker walked into the 19th floor corner room of the Reserve Bank on December 12, 2018. Since February 2019, the Das-led RBI has cut the repo rate by a whopping 135 basis points to support the sagging growth, including an unprecedented 35 bps reduction in August. As he completes one year at the helm, woes in the NBFC sector, overall health of the banking sector and steeply falling economic growth are among the major challenges that needs to be tackled sooner than later.

Losing rupee remains a 'senior citizen' in 2014

Losing rupee remains a 'senior citizen' in 2014

Rediff.com28 Dec 2014

Some experts, however, see a silver lining in the fall and said the volatility has come down sharply and that bodes well for the Indian currency