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Updated December 10th, 2018 at 22:25 IST

Former RBI Governor and PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh issues a statement following Urjit Patel's resignation

The former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued a statement expressing his dejection over the resignation of Urjit Patel as the RBI Governor. 

Reported by: Aishwaria Sonavane
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The former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued a statement expressing his dejection over the resignation of Urjit Patel as the RBI Governor. 

Manmohan Singh, who has also served his time as the Governor of RBI, cited this news to be a "sever blow to the nation's economy"

The statement read- 

It is with great sadness that I received the news of the resignation of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Urjit Patel. 

I have known Dr. Patel to be an economist of high repute and also someone who cared deeply about India's financial institutions and economic policy. Dr. Patel's sudden resignation, at a time when the Indian economy is faced with many headwinds is very unfortunate and is a severe blow to the nation's economy. 

There have been apprehensions expressed earlier by the Deputy Governor of the RBI about the government's intent to raid the capital reserves of the BI for fiscal purposes. I hope the resignation of the Governor is not a sign that this may soon become a reality. 

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Building institutions take a long time and effort but they can be destroyed in a whimper. It is institutions such as the RBI, among many others that have served as the edifice of our great nation's progress since independence. It will be foolhardy to diminish these institutions for short-term political gains.

I wish Dr. Urjit Patel success in his future endeavors. I also sincerely hope that this sudden resignation of the Governor is not a harbinger of the Modi government's attempts to destroy the institutional foundations of India's $3 trillion economy. 


 

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Published December 10th, 2018 at 22:15 IST

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