Rakesh Mohan

More financial institutions may fail globally, but no direct impact on India likely: PM’s advisory council member

But as interest rates keep increasing in the developed economies there could be some reversal of capital flows, and consequent impact on the exchange rate and the economy, Rakesh Mohan cautioned.

Crypto will die a natural death as investors turn to other assets: PM’s advisory council member

Crypto grew because we had near zero interest rates in developed countries for an extended period so people were searching for higher returns.

Govt reconstitutes Economic Advisory Council to PM, Rakesh Mohan inducted

Former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been inducted into the seven-member body, along with TT Ram Mohan of the Indian Institute of Management, and Poonam Gupta, who heads the National Council of Applied Economic Research.

India's current economic problem not as bad as in 1991: Former RBI dy guv Rakesh Mohan

Mohan, a senior fellow at Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, also said allowing Indian companies to borrow from abroad is a dangerous thing to do.

Need to relook Niti Aayog functioning, give fund allocation powers: Ex-RBI Dy Guv Rakesh Mohan

Mohan also said the Aayog's function to coordinate public investment programmes between ministries at the central level and across states must be restored, but within the framework of new cooperative federalism.

Present project financing ways must change: Chanda Kochhar

"To bring back investments, the fundamentals of project financing will have to change. Projects will have to be much more completely tied-up before they get funded," Kochhar said at the launch of a book, edited by former RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan, here last evening.

Black money antidote can be found in 3 strict norms:Rakesh Mohan

Rakesh Mohan, Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, expects RBI to undertake liquidity management actively and the country to see large changes in terms of currency outstanding in the economy on account of the demonetisation drive.

Ex-RBI deputy Guv Mohan named senior fellow at Yale institute

Mohan will join the 2016-2017 class of 15 Senior Fellows at The Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Senior Fellows are leading practitioners in various fields of international affairs who spend a year or semester at Yale teaching courses and mentoring students.

After Rajan who? RBI Governor may be declared today

Recent rumours from the Finance Ministry suggest that the announcement of RBI's new governor is likely to take place today.

Potential successors to RBI chief Raghuram Rajan

Two government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said Kaushik Basu, who is stepping down as the World Bank's chief economist, had made it onto a shortlist of candidates to take over when Rajan's term expires on September 4.

June retail inflation expected to remain high

Consumer prices in June are estimated to have risen 5.73 percent on an annual basis, according to a Reuters poll, a tad lower than May's 5.76 percent - the fastest pace since August 2014.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project 'useless': Mohan

Terming the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor as a "useless project" and "complete waste of money", former RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan on July 1 said India needs the right kind of investment in transport sector if it wants to grow at 7-9 percent

Subramanian Swamy says publicity 'relentessly seeks' him

The Rajya Sabha member, who consistently attacked RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and then took potshots at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has been lying low after the BJP leadership indicated its unhappiness and Modi voiced disapproval of his conduct.

Potential successors to RBI chief Raghuram Rajan

The four short-listed candidates are: Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Urjit Patel, former deputy governors Rakesh Mohan and Subir Gokarn and State Bank of India Chair Arundhati Bhattacharya.

Government shortlists 4 candidates to succeed Rajan as RBI chief

A senior government official said the four were: RBI Deputy Governor Urjit Patel; former deputy governors Rakesh Mohan and Subir Gokarn; and State Bank of India Chair Arundhati Bhattacharya.

No immediate economic problem likely on Brexit: Rakesh Mohan

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Rakesh Mohan, former IMF Executive Director says a big job lies ahead for market regulators and central bankers to allay investor fear by assuring them of necessary liquidity supply when needed,

Successor to Rajan may be announced by August: Sources

Deputy governor Urjit Patil may be leading the pack of contenders to form the office at the Reserve Bank of India, learns CNBC-TV18.

Speculation mounts on Rajan successor; mkt braces for volatility

Speculation was rife today on who will succeed Raghuram Rajan as RBI Governor with over a dozen names doing the rounds, including that of Deputy Governor Urjit Patel, former CAG Vinod Rai and SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya.

RBI Guv must be given a 5-year term for stability:Rakesh Mohan

A day after RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said no to a second term, former Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan today said there must be a stability at the top in the central bank and favoured a minimum five-year tenure to push reforms properly.

Manner in which Rajan has quit is unfortunate, says Rakesh Mohan

Speaking in the same discussion, Jehangir Aziz of JP Morgan there was a perception among investors that the reforms made over the last few years have not really been institutionalized

Railways, road, irrigation priority for infra funding: MoS Sinha

Rakesh Mohan, Executive Director, IMF said power, telecom and ports were much more suitable for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects. He said the government had to be clear on which areas of infrastructure needed public investment.

Budget 2016: Ideas for India

In this special pre-Budget series, Ideas for India, star panellists Rakesh Mohan, former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Jehangir Aziz, Chief Economist at JPMorgan and Sonal Varma, Chief Economist at Nomura discussed the king of all Budget themes, the fiscal balance.