Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been appointed to the US Federal Reserve's new balance sheet policy task force. Indian-origin economist Raj Chetty and Microsoft executive Asha Sharma also joined reform panels 

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, 2 other Indian-origin experts join US Fed Reserve's task forces

Raghuram Rajan, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, said that his family does not want him to enter politics. In a recent interview with The Print, Rajan said, “I have said repeatedly and people still don’t believe me.

Former RBI chief Raghuram Rajan to join Congress? Reacts ‘My wife doesn’t want me to’

Raghuram Rajan, the former Governor of the Reserved Bank of India (RBI), opened up about his engineering days in IIT-Delhi and shared his viewpoints on politics and protests.

‘I have no interest in politics,’ says former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan

Former central banker and professor of finance at Chicago's Booth School of Business, Raghuram Ranjan has expressed concerns over global central banks' framework of handling inflation.

Global central banks' credibility at risk over rising inflation: Raghuram Rajan

India’s policymakers should focus on protecting the economy as businesses struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic instead of being overly focused on what ratings agencies think, former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday.

India should focus on protecting economy, says ex-RBI governor

As the US presidential election draws near, the conflict between America and China will escalate, impairing global trade which is "extremely important" for emerging markets like India and Brazil that are re-opening amid COVID-19 pandemic, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said.

US-China conflict to impair global trade which is vital for India's reopening: Raghuram Rajan

The Indian government appointed career central banker Michael Patra as one of the Reserve Bank of India's four deputy governors for a three-year term, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

Government appoints Michael Patra as RBI Deputy Governor

Global uncertainties, including populism and economic slowdown, have cast a shadow over the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s 2019 annual meeting, which officially opened in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday.

Watch: China underperforming relative to past, says Ex RBI chief Raghuram Rajan in Davos

China underperforming relative to past: Ex RBI chief Raghuram Rajan

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Friday said there is need to reduce uncompensated government mandates imposed on public sector banks (PSBs). "This is lazy government if an action is worth doing, it should be paid out of budgetary resources.

Reduce number, weight of government mandates for PSBs: Raghuram Rajan

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Friday said farm loan waiver should not form part of poll promises and he has written to Election Commission that such issues should be taken off the table.

Agri loan waiver should not form part of poll promises: Rajan

With RBI Governor Urjit Patel putting in his papers, his immediate predecessor Raghuram Rajan Monday said "all Indians" should be concerned as strength of institutions is important for growth and development.

All Indians should be concerned: Raghuram Rajan on Urjit Patel's resignation

Excessive centralisation of power in the political decision making is one of India's main problems, former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has said, at a time when the country's central bank is locked in a tussle with the central government over its independence.

Today, the central government is excessively centralised: Raghuram Rajan

Demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) are the two major headwinds that held back India's economic growth last year, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said, asserting that the current seven per cent growth rate is not enough to meet the country's needs.

India's economic growth held back due to demonetisation, GST: Raghuram Rajan 

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan defended the central bank's call for greater autonomy from the government, saying ultimately the nation stands to benefit from an independent and robust RBI.

Ex-RBI chief Raghuram Rajan defends central bank's call for independence from government

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday hit out at former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan for predicting that the next banking crisis would be triggered by MSME lending, saying postmortem is easier than taking action when it was required.

Jaitley hits out at Rajan for MSME banking crisis statement

Rajan has been mentioned by analysts as a possible future BoE governor after Mark Carney - who previously headed Canada's central bank - steps down at the end of June 2019

Not applying for Bank of England job: Raghuram Rajan

Indian-origin Baroness Shriti Vadera could also be a candidate for the post

Raghuram Rajan could be next Bank of England Governor

Proper implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India can be worked upon and is not an 'unfixable problem', former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has said, reiterating that demonetisation was 'not a well-planned, well thought-out' move

Implementation of GST not 'unfixable' problem: Ex RBI governor Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan advised that one should stay away from trade war particularly at a time when the economy the world over was in the process of recovery

Economic recovery could be hit if US-China trade war escalates: Raghuram Rajan

Rajan, who is currently a professor of finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, further said India can move up from the 7.5 per cent growth, which is not enough to employ the 12 million people coming to the labour force every year in good jobs.

Reforms unlikely till next general election: Raghuram Rajan

The commerce ministry said it will examine the circumstances as to why private parties were benefitted by allowing to import gold under 80:20 scheme by the UPA government

Objective criteria followed in liberalising 80:20 scheme: Raghuram Rajan

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu also shared his views on GST recently.

GST will have 'very positive' long-term effects: Raghuram Rajan

Without naming any country, he said the West must realise that their population is ageing and the demand for their products would mostly come from the emerging world

West must share benefits of growth with emerging world: Rajan

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