Shaktikanta Das Appointed RBI Governor

Former Economics Affairs Secretary was a vocal proponent of demonetisation.

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A day after the sudden resignation of Governor Urjit Patel, the Modi administration on Tuesday appointed former bureaucrat Shaktikanta Das as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at a time when the government and the central bank are apparently locked in a tussle over several important issues.