Friday, 24 January 2014

RBI wants 'prominent' banker to be deputy guv

One of the four deputy governors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has traditionally been selected from among the chairmen & managing directors (CMDs) of domestic banks. But the central bank has signalled a break from this by requesting the finance ministry to change the criterion to “prominent banker” (who is not necessarily a CMD).

The request to change the existing rules, if accepted, could make Nachiket Mor, a former deputy managing director of ICICI Bank and now a board member of the central bank, among others, eligible for the post after K C Chakrabarty retires in June.

Mor was appointed to head a panel on financial inclusion after Raghuram Rajan took charge as the RBI governor in September. He is also a member of the high-level advisory committee that will recommend who should get new bank licences.  Read more..



From BS News

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