Banker to Banks

Shri Sambamurthy, Director, IDRBT; Shri Prabhakar, Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Bank, Shri Rao, Managing Director, SBH, Shri Siva Kumar, member of faculty, IDRBT, distinguished fellows of IDRBT; other members of the faculty; and directors on the Boards of banks. Wish you all a very good morning. 2. Independent directors are looked upon by both the stakeholders and regulators as important contributors to the value additive and ethically positive oversight of

Thank you for inviting me to speak at this conference of the Western India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). 2. When I got invited to speak at this conference, at first I was a bit surprised. I wondered why you might be wasting valuable conference time listening to the Reserve Bank when there is not much in common between the Reserve Bank and the accounting profession, except possibly the fact that we both lose sleep when numb

1. I deem it an honour and privilege to be addressing this very distinguished and august audience. Right at the outset, I would like to impress upon this very learned and discerning audience that responsible Financial Innovation is not an end in itself, but instead, a means to an end of sub-serving the real sector and in that sense it is consistent with, and a natural fit to, public policy purpose of “financial sector-real sector balance”. As this distinguished audien

Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Reserve Bank of India and my own behalf, I extend a hearty welcome to you all to this conference on Managing Capital Flows, in this great city of Mumbai. As you know the conference is co-sponsored by Reserve Bank of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB). Mumbai is not only the commercial hub of India but also has a rich heritage. I hope you will have some time to experience the vibrancy of Mumbai. 2. Turning to today’s conferenc

1. Chief guest, Shri M. Damodaran, Dr. Dhingra, Director NIBM, other dignitaries on the dais, distinguished bankers, faculty and staff of the institution, proud parents, and, all graduating students, and of course, friends from media, I thank NIBM for giving me the opportunity to be part of this occasion and share some thoughts when another batch of bank management graduates is passing out. 2. Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Intelligence plus character – that is the

1. A very good morning to all of you. I am thankful to CAFRAL for having given me an opportunity to interact with the participants of the Virtual Conference on Green and Sustainable Finance. 2. The theme of today’s Conference i.e., Green and Sustainable Finance is highly contextual. While the pandemic brought in a myriad set of challenges for the authorities around the world in framing and implementing policies for supporting lives and livelihoods, it has also given u

It is a pleasure to be with you all and share with you my thoughts on some recent developments that are expected to have transformative implications for our country. In particular, I wish to draw your attention to some major initiatives in gathering and analysing better credit data that can potentially have a huge impact in creating a financially healthy India. It is a known fact that a large part of the Indian economy is informal. This year’s Economic Survey has give

Colleagues from College of Agricultural Banking (CAB); In-charges of Priority Sector Lending in various banks assembled here and my colleagues from various regional offices of RBI who have joined over video Conference- A very Good Morning to all of you! I consider hosting of this Conference on Credit Flow to priority sector by the CAB, a very timely initiative indeed. Such conferences are extremely important as they provide a platform for exchange of views and feedbac

Shri Hemant Bangur, President, Merchant Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Shri Pawan Bajaj, MD and CEO, United Bank of India, other dignitaries on the dais, friends from the print and electronic media, ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to be here in front of this august gathering to share my thoughts on ‘’Regulations and Financial Stability’’. The financial system and markets have to be subject to suitable regulation. Therefore, the macroeconomic policies and prudentia

1. In the previous FEDAI Annual Day address in November 2020, Governor Shri Shaktikanta Das had observed that CAC will continue to be approached “as a process rather than an event”. What I will do in this address is to expand on that theme and bring into focus some of the important issues on which, in my opinion, further public debate is warranted, to continue along this process of capital account convertibility. What is capital account convertibility? 2. The balance