Speeches & Media Interactions

CNBC TV18 Central bankers have been at the centre of action, the saviours for the economy; be it from the ravages of COVID or now, to rapidly rollback inflation. The Reserve Bank of India has also been the first line of defence for the country, and it made that position very clear when on May 4th, we had that unexpected off-cycle rise in rates. Inflation, nevertheless, is at 7.8 per cent. The man on the hot seat, the RBI governor is with us. Governor, thank you very m

Participants From RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Mahesh Kumar Jain – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Michael D. Patra – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri T. Rabi Sankar - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Moderator: Shri Yogesh Dayal - Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Yogesh Dayal: Hello and welcome to this post policy conference. It's

Participants: Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Government of India Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das: Good afternoon friends! The Board meeting took slightly longer than we had anticipated. I would like to welcome all the media representatives who have made it convenient to participate in this interaction. Earlier today, we had the Fina

Participants from RBI:Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Michael D. Patra – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri T. Rabi Sankar – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri S. C. Murmu – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Shri Yogesh Dayal – Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India (moderator) Shaktikanta Das: Yogesh. We can start. I think everybody has joined the

Participants from RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Michael D. Patra – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri T. Rabi Sankar – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Yogesh Dayal – Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India (moderator) Shaktikanta Das:Good morning everyone. Welcome to this press conference. I

Participants from RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Michael D. Patra – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri T. Rabi Sankar – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Yogesh Dayal – Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Yogesh Dayal (Moderator): Welcome to the post Monetary Policy Press Conference on Octo

TANVIR GILL: To discuss India’s economic and monetary policy outlook, I’m joined by a very special voice from India. I’m joined by the honourable governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Mr. Shaktikanta Das, in his first TV interview with an international business channel since he took office in December 2018. Sir, it’s great to have you on the show. Thank you very much Governor for joining us for this CNBC Exclusive. SHAKTIKANTA DAS: Thank you. TANVIR GILL: I would lik

Edited excerpts: Since the last monetary policy statement, have you seen any positive signs in the economy? Whatever I said in my last interview, by and large, holds good even today. There are signs of recovery; there are signs of some of the fast moving indicators improving. Passenger vehicles, sequentially, have improved marginally. Several of the fast moving indicators that include GST collections, e-way bills, railway freight, have improved over the position a mon

Participants from RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Michael D. Patra – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri T. Rabi Sankar – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Yogesh Dayal – Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das: Good afternoon to all the participants. Welcome. I handover to the he

It is not like any other year, when inflation goes up, you start tightening the monetary policy: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Over the last few months, the government has taken steps to address the price rise in pulses, edible oils as also the imported inflation, but we do expect more measures from both the Centre and states to soften the pace of inflation. By Shobhana Subramanian and KG Narendranath Retail inflation print stayed above the upper band of the Reserve Ba