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Experience More Relevant Than What You Learnt: Das On His History Background
Academic qualification of the head of the central bank is not relevant, but what matters is his/her grip on the economy, general awareness about the issues facing the economy and professional experience, is how Das has deflected the question from an audience who sought to know whether his non-economic academic background has weighed him down as the governor.
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Jaitley Says GST Had Only Transient Impact On Growth
In remarks apparently aimed at former Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan, who Friday blamed the GST roll-out along with demonetisation for lower GDP growth, Jaitley said the economy recovered fast from the limited "disruptionist impact" of the tax reform
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India's Economic Growth Held Back Due To Demonetisation, GST: Raghuram Rajan
"The two successive shocks of demonetisation and the GST had a serious impact on growth in India. Growth has fallen off interestingly at a time when growth in the global economy has been peaking up," said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
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Raghuram Rajan Blames 'Over Optimistic Bankers' For Mounting Bad Loans
A larger number of bad loans were originated in the period 2006-2008 when economic growth was strong
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Rupee Not To Go In For Free Fall: Raghuram Rajan, Former RBI Governor
The RBI has increased the key lending rate twice in the recent past on inflationary concerns
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Over Optimistic Bankers, Growth Slowdown Responsible For Bad Loans: Rajan
In a note to a parliamentary panel, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan blamed over-confident bankers not doing any due diligence before giving out loans and slow down in domestic demand for rising NPAs
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India Needs Its Own Mark Carneys
The private sector in India has a better record of appointing foreign talent than does the public sector
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Demonetisation Was 'Not A Good Idea': Raghuram Rajan
He said demonetisation "was not a well-planned, well thought-out, useful exercise and I told the government that when the idea was first mooted"
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Not Joined Twitter as slow to respond to tweets, says Rajan
Raghuram Rajan said that he was not quick to respond to tweets in a few words in 30 seconds
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West Must Share Benefits Of Growth With Emerging World: Rajan
About issues facing the Western world, he listed technology, ageing population and climate change
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Need Broad-based Economic Growth, More Job Opportunities: Raghuram Rajan
'It is important to recognise that as a tolerant society India is better off having free speech with the provision that it should not propagate violence'
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Focus Should Be On Augmenting Private Investment: Rangarajan
Asked about the steps that government needs to take, Rangarajan said the problems confronting stalled projects need to be addressed and then these have to be completed
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Are We Using Our Forex The Right Way?
Many economists argue that we haven’t yet adopted the right way to leverage our forex in a way which can benefit our economy substantially
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PSU Bank Merger Should Follow Balance Sheet Clean-Up: Raghuram Rajan
He was responding to a question on the government's push for consolidating public sector banks with an aim to create fewer and larger banks
Read MoreBook Review: The Man And His Message
The book is a great compilation of Raghuram Rajan's experiences, articles and speeches
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