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The composition of the current monetary policy committee is as follows: [1] Governor of the Reserve Bank of India – Chairperson, ex officio - Sanjay Malhotra; Deputy Governor of the Bank in charge of monetary policy – Michael Debrata Patra [6] Executive Director of the Bank in charge of monetary policy – Rajiv Ranjan [7]
The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act) was amended by the Finance Act, 2016, to provide a statutory and institutionalised framework for a Monetary Policy Committee, for maintaining price stability, while keeping in mind the objective of growth. The Monetary Policy Committee is entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy rate ...
Monetary Policy Committee (India) R. RBI Monetary Museum This page was last edited on 17 January 2024, at 17:53 (UTC). Text ...
India adopted International Monetary Fund's stabilization program during his governorship. 19 C. Rangarajan: 22 December 1992 — 21 November 1997 4 years, 334 days Rangarajan is an economist who served as the deputy governor of RBI prior to becoming the governor. His governorship oversaw the establishment of unified exchange rate.
Until the Monetary Policy Committee was established in 2016, [7] it also had full control over monetary policy in the country. [8] It commenced its operations on 1 April 1935 in accordance with the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. [9] The original share capital was divided into shares of 100 each fully paid. [10]
In one such committee, he suggested that only the repo rate should be the signalling rate and that the monetary system should almost always operate in a deficit. One other big suggestion he made is that the government's surplus cash deposited with the RBI should be auctioned so that there is no lead and lag in liquidity.
India's total foreign exchange (forex) reserves stand at around US$704.89 billion on 27 September 2024, with the foreign currency assets (FCA) component at around US$616 billion, gold reserves at around US$65.7 billion, special drawing rights (SDRs) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of around US$18.547 billion and around US$4.3 billion ...
Since its establishment in 1934 by the government of India, the RBI has had 63 deputy governors. Currently the rank of deputy governor is equivalent to the rank of secretary to the govt. of India. The term of office typically runs for three years and can, in some cases, be extended for another two years.