Speeches & Media Interactions

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

Governor, Shri Shaktikanta Das delivered the 17th K P Hormis Commemorative Lecture on ‘G20 for a Better Global Economic Order during India’s Presidency’ at Kochi on March 17, 2023. After the lecture, the Governor interacted with the audience. The edited excerpts of the interaction are placed below. Moderator: Thank you, sir. The forum is open to questions. If you have any, kindly raise your hand. Gayathri Suresh, FISAT Business School: Good afternoon, sir. My name is

In the Spotlight programme of All India Radio (AIR), Shri T. Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India gave an exclusive interview on the cross-border linkage between India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow digital payment systems. AIR: Today, our cross-border linkage was launched between India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow digital payment systems. To discuss this milestone and global financial connectivity, we have with us, Shri T. Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor, R

Participants from the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India: Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman – Finance Minister Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad – Minister of State Shri Pankaj Chaudhary – Minister of State Shri Shaktikanta Das – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Moderator: Shri Yogesh Dayal – Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Yogesh Dayal: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the post-Central Board meeting press conference. Today, we have with us Honorable Fi

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 –

Moderator: Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I don't think I need to introduce the RBI Governor to you. All of you know him, so we can get started straight away. Mr. Das, thank you very much for finding the time today. Has it been the most challenging year of your tenure or would you say the COVID year 2020 was more challenging? Shaktikanta Das: Every challenge in a particular context looks more challenging than the previous one. There were so many situations when I was a

Tamal Bandyopadhyay: A very warm welcome to this fireside chat. I am a bit nervous sir. You always wear a different kind of tie. What is the brand that you prefer? Shaktikanta Das: It goes with the season and a Central Bank has to be for all seasons. Tamal Bandyopadhyay: Somebody told me that if you want to speak to someone and make them feel at ease, you start talking about ties. Mr Dave, CEO, HSBC India is sitting here. He was trying to excite me to ask all sorts of

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

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 –