As of October 2020, who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

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NTPC CBT-I (Held On: 20 Jan 2021 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Shaktikanta Das.

Key Points

Shaktikanta Das is a Tamil Nadu cadre retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1980 batch.
He was a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission and India's Sherpa to the G20 before becoming the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Das worked for the Indian and Tamil Nadu governments in various roles as an IAS officer, including as Economic Affairs Secretary, Revenue Secretary, and Fertilizers Secretary.
He has also served as India's Alternate Governor at the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the National Development Bank, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Important Points

Raghuram Rajan served as the Reserve Bank of India's 23rd Governor from September 2013 to September 2016, and he also served as Vice-Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements in 2015.
Urjit Patel succeeded Raghuram Rajan as the 24th governor of the Reserve Bank of India, serving from 2016 to 2018.
Arvind Subramanian is an Indian economist who served as the Government of India's Chief Economic Advisor from 16 October 2014 to 20 June 2018.