RBI has not put banks on alert: Shaktikanta Das

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it has not put banks on alert, as reported by a section of media, but asked lenders to remain prepared to face emerging and new challenges. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das was in Bhubaneshwar to attend a central board meeting. He also met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the state capital.

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"There is nothing like putting banks on alert though a section of media has reported. We have said that banks should remain prepared to face the emerging and new challenges," Das told reporters.

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The RBI governor said he also discussed a host of banking-related issues with Patnaik during their meeting. "We discussed on financial inclusion, bank branches in the state, credit flow to the agriculture sector and streamlining of the DBT through the e-Kuber platform in Odisha," Das said.

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