Government’s capital expenditure has played its part and consumption now holds the key to sustaining growth, the former RBI deputy Governor tells Moneycontrol
In his last assignment as DG, Patra handled a bunch of responsibilities of RBI that directly shaped everyone of the above functions.
Patra’s speech, in a way, reflected the ongoing dilemma within the RBI top brass on how to manage the communication part of the monetary policy at a time when the policymakers themselves aren’t sure of the point of a rate pivot
The Bulletin further pointed to the government's emphasis on capital expenditure and healthy corporate and bank balance sheets as positive factors bolstering investment activity
India’s retail inflation accelerated to a nine-month high of 5.49% in September due to higher food prices, compared to 3.65% in August and was above economists’ forecast of 5.04%.
The 10-member 'Expert Committee on Benchmarking of its Statistics' will submit its report by the end of November 2024.
India, however, will have to overcome various challenges with regard to labour productivity, infrastructure, contribution of manufacturing sector in GDP, and greening of the economy for sustainable development, Michael D Patra said
Patra disclosed the details at the 59th SEACEN Governors' Conference, Mumbai, held recently
The term of Patra was schedule to end on January 14, 2023, as per the RBI website.
RBI however clarified that the views expressed in the article do not represent the views of the central bank.