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Mr. Chairman and friends, I am grateful to the organisers of the Madon Memorial Lecture for inviting me to deliver this Lecture. That the contributions of Shri B.F. Madon are of lasting value is evident from the fact that although, over seventy years have elapsed since he passed away, lectures in his memory are organised, and the response is still overwhelming. There are several reasons why I feel especially elated at my association with this lecture series. First, Ma

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am truly honoured to deliver the Fedbank Hormis Memorial Foundation commemorative lecture. The illustrious list of the previous years’ speakers indicates the kind of significance this commemorative lecture has acquired over the years. The late Shri K.P.Hormis, founder of Federal Bank, was a visionary and left behind an institutional set up in the form of Federal Bank which has been doing yeoman service for well over seventy five years. The Fedb

Ladies and Gentlemen,I am glad to be amidst you on this important occasion which is the culmination of a joint initiative undertaken by the Indian Banks’ Association and the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to discuss issues surrounding IT for banking and other financial institutions. I congratulate both the IBA and the NASSCOM on their choice of the theme for the Conference, which in my view is critical to the growth of the industry. I

Budget and RBI : New Directions Address By Dr. Y.V. Reddy Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on March 8, 1997 Friends, It is a pleasure for me to be with you in Administrative Staff College today. I have my Gurus here, and I also have many friends. I spent a year on full time basis about a decade ago as Visiting Faculty here. I am thankful to the Principal for giving me an opportunity to speak on an important subj

Mr. Green, Mr. Weetman, Mr. New and friends, I am thankful to the organisers and in particular Mr. New for giving me the honour of participating in the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Reuters Group. In all innocence, I accepted the invitation only soon to realise that there is no free lunch or free dinner in this world. I am assigned the task of inaugurating the evening and addressing the guests on this occasion. I pleaded for some draft from Reuters, though inf

Chairman and friends,I thank the organisers for inviting me to deliver the inaugural address at the Fourth Annual Securities Industry Summit. Although the discussions in this Summit will specifically veer around the securities market, monetary policy strongly influences the working of the financial markets. As a central banker, I will, therefore, speak on monetary policy making, which I trust will provide some perspectives to the deliberations at the Summit.Objectives

Mr. Kohli, Mr. Krishnamurthy and friends, I am happy to be here again in this gathering of friends in the banking community on the occasion of the annual general meeting of the Indian Banks’ Association and Bankers’ Sports Board. I feel that it is more an occasion to conduct focussed business and celebrate rather than one to deliberate on policy issues. Yet as per tradition, I believe that there has to be an address by the chief guest. As a central banker, one always

It gives me pleasure to deliver the valedictory address at the 19th Bank Economists’ Conference 1996 being hosted by the United Western Bank. I have, with much interest, gone through the papers circulated by the organisers. The papers are comprehensive and I am particularly impressed by the coverage, depth of analysis and the innovative ideas that have emerged. The rapporteurs' succinct and prompt report of the proceedings during the past two days confirms the wide sp

Statement by the Honorable C. Rangarajan Governor, Reserve Bank of India Leader of Indian Delegation Annual Meetings, Hong Kong Mr. Chairman: The Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund at Hong Kong, China are of historic significane, coming as they do immediately after the unification of Hong Kong with China. In many ways Hong Kong epitomizes the tremendous potential for economic development through openness to foreign trade and in

Shri G. N. Bajpai, Former Chairman, SEBI & Chairman, Indian SME Knowledge Forum, Shri M. Narendra, Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Overseas Bank, Shri N. Shankar, CMD, ECGC, Shri A. Krishna Kumar, MD, SBI, Shri R. K. Dubey, ED, CBI, Dr K. Ramakrishnan, CEO, Indian Banks’ Association, Shri K V Srinivasan, CEO, Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd, Shri Chandrakant Salunkhe, President, SME Chamber of India, SME Entrepreneurs, other distinguished guests, members