Urjit Patel meets Arun Jaitley in Delhi before RBI Monetary Policy meet
According to a newspaper report, in a separate pre-policy meeting with economists, Patel had downplayed inflationary risks and instead focused on India's growth prospects.
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Raghuram Rajan on Urjit Patel: Former RBI governor red flags 'statement of protest'With the monetary policy right around the corner, Urijit Patel - governor of Reserve Bank of India today met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Delhi, for a pre-policy consultation at North Block.
This would be the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement of current fiscal year, scheduled for October 4, 2016. It will be the first monetary policy of Urijit Patel as a governor of the central bank.
Earlier Patel used to join in monetary policy decision as deputy governor of RBI. Patel replaced Raghuram Rajan as a governor on September 06,2016.
According to a newspaper report, in a separate pre-policy meeting with economists, Patel had downplayed inflationary risks and instead focused on India's growth prospects.
Market experts hope for a rate cut at this upcoming policy meeting,considering that inflation rate has eased down in August data, after surging for four-straight months.
Retail inflation in India, or consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate,eased at 5.05% in August, on the back of better consumer food price index (CFPI).
Analysts expects further easing in inflation rate ahead, which in turn provides room for a rate cut.
Rajan completed his three year term as RBI governor on September 04, 2016.
