Banker to Banks

Ladies and gentlemen of the Lions Club of Bombay, Thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to share my thoughts with you all. Only Lions would be courageous enough to listen to a talk on the subject of banking which is dry and devoid of any humour. But if you keep in mind that banks deal with your hard-earned savings, what I have to say may be of interest to you. 2. The Reserve Bank has been trying to discipline banks with regard to the quality of customer ser

December 05, 2018 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Mr. M. K. Jain – Deputy Governor Dr. Michael D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R Patel: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming to the press conference for the Fifth Bi-monthly of this fiscal year. The Monetary Policy Committee evaluated current and evolving macroeconomic

February 7, 2018 Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor Mr. N. S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor Dr. Viral V. Acharya – Deputy Governor Mr. B. P. Kanungo – Deputy Governor Dr. M. D. Patra – Executive Director Dr. Urjit R. Patel: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the post Bi-Monthly Meeting Press Conference. As you know, the MPC reviewed current and evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions at its meeting today and decided to keep the policy rate

Participants from RBI: Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor, Reserve Bank of India Mr. R. Gandhi – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Mr. S.S. Mundra – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Mr. N.S. Vishwanathan – Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Michael D. Patra – Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India Moderator: Ms. Alpana Killawala – Principal Adviser Moderator: Good Day, Ladies and Gentlemen and Welcome to the RBI’s Fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Med

Good afternoon. It is great to be invited to speak at St. Stephen's College. In 1980, I toyed with the idea of joining my best friends in applying for admission to the BA in Economics here. Because I had worked so hard for the IIT exam, however, I succumbed to the sunk cost fallacy and studied Electrical Engineering. I don’t regret a moment of that misspent youth but I hope you will grant me temporary membership of your club today! Over the last few weeks, I have outl

I am happy to be addressing this first ever CII Summit on Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to deliberate on “Regulatory Paradigm & Contours of Growth – Vision 2020”. The context in which such a Summit has been organised is also very apt. World over, there is an awakening, post the great financial crisis of 2008, about the existence, contribution, magnitude, significance and risks of non-banking financial sector. From a benign neglect of or indifference to t

H.E. Shri Vijay Thakur Singh, Indian High Commissioner to Singapore; Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India; Shri Piyush Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, DBS Group; Shri Ajay Kanwal, Regional CEO, ASEAN and South Asia, Standard Chartered; Shri Gunit Chadha, Member of Deutsche Bank Group Executive Committee, Co-CEO Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank AG; Shri Rajiv Verma, CEO, HT Media Ltd; delegates at the Conference; ladies and gentlemen! 2. At the outset,

Q1. Has it been an RBI throne or a crown with thorns? How has the two years been as RBI Governor? A: The position has been one of great responsibility. There have been two types of situations. It has been a great opportunity to work towards the betterment of the economy of this country. However, there have been challenges and difficulties. Q2. You have been successful in coming out of the image of your predecessors who were perceived to be reclusive. You have a very c