RBI vs govt: At 19 November board meet, S Gurumurthy’s economic theories and other pain points await Urjit Patel
FirstpostBattle lines are drawn and fireworks are likely at the central bank’s board meet scheduled for 19 November. The 18-member central board of the RBI has five members from the central bank including the governor and the rest are government nominees. The signals are clear from the recent statements of Swaminathan Gurumurthy, the RBI’s board member who was recently appointed by the government. Gurumurthy has close associations with the BJP’s ideological parent Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh and has links with the rightwing body, Swadeshi Jagran Manch, which was instrumental in the recent ouster of Nachiket Mor, one of the RBI board members. Speculations are still doing the rounds on governor Urjit Patel’s likely resignation if things go horribly wrong at the RBI board meet.