RBI Governors. The Czars of Monetary Policy (1935-2021)
Author: Gokul Rathi
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Pages: 217
Price: Rs 595
In the last decade, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been in the news not only because of the overarching influence it has on monetary policy – which is covered extensively in the print and electronic media – but also because of its leadership. Governors Raghuram Rajan and Urjit Patel were in the news during their tenures, the former for his speeches and outreach and the latter for his silence and inaccessibility.
D Subbarao and Y V Reddy, the governors who preceded Dr Rajan and Dr