Three cheers and three challenges

An open letter to Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das

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Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

Tamal Bandyopadhyay

7 min read Last Updated : Nov 01 2021 | 6:00 PM IST

Dear Governor,

Congratulations.

You are not the first governor to get an extension but on your way to the second term, you have broken quite a few records.

When you complete your second term in December 2024, you will be only the second governor (after Sir Benegal Rama Rau) in the RBI’s 86-year history to be at the helm for at least six years. Incidentally, has any RBI governor got a three-year extension in one shot? An extension coming almost one-and-a-half months ahead of the expiry of the current term is also something that probably hasn’t ever happened in the past.

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Topics : Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das RBI

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