Speeches & Media Interactions

Moderator: Thank you, Governor. Lots of interesting comments you made in your speech. I would like to start with what you said towards the end, where you said, in your interaction with some bank CEOs, they had some areas of concern and I remember at the time when the RBI had raised the risk weights on unsecured loans, you had called it a pre-emptive measure. So, are there any other areas which make you a little bit worried and where you will now direct your lens with more intensity?

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Post-Monetary Policy Press Conference of the Reserve Bank of India. This is the last of this calendar year and I would like to welcome all media friends to this Press Conference. Today, we have with us Honorable Governor Shri Shaktikanta Das, Deputy Governors – Dr. M. D. Patra, Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao, Shri T. Rabi Sankar, and Shri J. Swaminathan. We also have with us today, our Executive Directors Dr. O. P. Mall and Dr. Rajiv Ranjan.

Raghuvir Srinivasan, Editor, Business Line:

Recognition of the Reserve Bank's adroit handling of monetary policy and regulations over the last three years especially since the interest rate cycle turned a year and a half ago. I would like to ask you two or three questions very quickly. The first is you will go down in history as the only Governor of the Reserve Bank of India who had the job to guide the country and the economy during a calamity that the country faced. Now, I would like to understand your thought process when you were so super active during the COVID period. The moment COVID was announced you opened up communication with the markets and with the press very quickly; going in front of the cameras and addressing people. Now what was your thought process when you went through that difficult period helming the RBI?

Moderator:

Thank you so much Sir, for joining us today. Ladies and gentlemen, as you all are aware the Governor Mr. Shaktikanta Das has been rated as the Top Central Banker Globally by Global Finance Magazine. He is also being conferred with the Governor of the Year Award at Central Banking Award 2023. He has cemented his position as someone who is adept at really making critical reforms. He has overseen the world's most innovative leading payments and its innovation and stirred India through difficult times and is playing an instrumental role in catapulting India into global arenas with his crystal clarity, intuitive originality, his analytical mastery, and most importantly, his ability to navigate through the clutter and come up with razor-sharp perspectives. Ladies and gentlemen, a big, big applause for Mr. Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India.

Welcome to the 2023 Annual Meetings Governor Series Talk. I am Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund. Today, I am honored and privileged to welcome Governor, Shaktikanta Das of the RBI. We will be talking about the frontiers of central banking in Asia.

Governor Das requires no introduction, but I will do my obligatory piece here. Governor Das took over the helm of the RBI in 2018 at a critical moment for both India and the world and since then, he has been guiding monetary policy and banking regulation in the world's fifth-largest economy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he took bold and timely actions to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and to save lives and livelihoods. He is passionate about digital technology and fintech, both geared towards increasing access of the layman or a common person to finance and promote financial literacy.

Participants from the RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Michael D. Patra – Deputy

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 Dr. O. P. Mall – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Rajiv Ranjan – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Moderator: Shri Yogesh Dayal – C

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 Dr. O. P. Mall – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Rajiv Ranjan – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Moderator: Shri Yogesh Dayal –

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 T. Rabi Sankar – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. O. P. Mall – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Shri Saurav Sinha – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Shri R. Subramanian – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Rajiv Ranjan – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Moderator: Shri Yogesh Dayal – Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India  ​

Sukumar Ranganathan Good afternoon, everyone. I have with me Mr. Shaktikanta Das, who really needs no introduction, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; and I think we can all safely say that his has been one of the reassuring voices, every time when he comes on television to present his policy, especially over the last two years in the course of the pandemic. The Bank has seen us through a really tough phase, and there are challenges ahead, so he and I are goin