As the term of Shaktikanta Das as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor comes to an end on Tuesday, he extends his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Das also remembered Former Finance Minister, Late Arun Jaitley in his message.
“Fondly recall the warmth, trust and confidence of Late Shri Arun Jaitley on me when I served as RBI Governor (initial months) and earlier as Secretary Revenue and Economic Affairs,” Shaktikanta Das said in a post on social media platform X.
As he demise office today, he extends his warm thanks to everyone for their “support and good wishes”.
Expressing gratitude to PM Modi, he wrote, “Immensely grateful to the Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi for giving me this opportunity to serve the country as Governor RBI and for his guidance and encouragement. Benefited a lot from his ideas and thoughts.”
“Heartfelt thanks to Hon’ble FM Nirmala Sitharaman for her constant support and backing. The fiscal-monetary coordination was at its best and helped us to deal with the multiple challenges during the last six years,” he added.
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Message for economists and RBI team
In his message, Governor further said, “I thank all the stakeholders in the financial sector and in the economy; experts and economists; industry bodies and associations; organisations in the agriculture,cooperative & service sectors for their inputs and policy suggestions.”
Further, Das extended a “BIG thank you” to the entire Team RBI and said, “Together, we successfully navigated an exceptionally difficult period of unprecedented global shocks. May the RBI grow even taller as an institution of trust and credibility. My best wishes to each one of you.”
On Monday, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has been appointed as the RBI Governor.
Currently, Malhotra is serving as the Revenue Secretary under Government of India, and is a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre.
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