Shaktikanta Das appointed as new RBI Governor

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Earlier he was member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India.

New RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.

Mumbai: Former finance secretary and current member of the finance commission Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday, a government statement said.

Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the central bank chief a day after Urjit Patel resigned from the post citing personal reasons.

Das, an IAS officer of Tamil Nadu, has been appointed for a term of three years.

He is the 25th Governor of the RBI.

Das retired as Economic Affairs Secretary in May 2017.

At the recent G-20 meet in Argentina, Shaktikanta Das was India’s Sherpa.

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