RBI overhaul to ease relationship with govt
3 candidates will join 3 RBI representatives on a new monetary policy committee for collective interest rate decision
New Delhi
THE biggest change in the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) eight-decade history promises to soothe what was often a fractious relationship between the central bank and government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration on Thursday announced three candidates to join an equal number of RBI representatives on a new monetary policy committee (MPC), paving the way for India's first collective interest rate decision. The move frees the governor from facing the brunt of criticism from the government, which has historically held contradictory demands of lower borrowing costs as well as a tight rein on inflation.
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