Candid statement given by the Central Banker,
The followings are the highlights of Reserve Bank of India Governor Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan's recent interview to a channel Central bankers have shown that they can be pragmatic, have to be pragmatic We are dealing with scenarios that India hasn't seen before, economy is much more integrated today You have to figure out what's right and do it, without relying on long traditions or without appealing to ideology That's why labels are not very useful There is time when you want to establish credentials for perhaps fighting inflation But over time other factors come in. For example situation of global economy Don't think I have silenced critics with 50 basis point cut, I don't think that was the aim We were looking at the state of the economy and see what we can do best at particular moment, keeping in mind long-term objective of keeping inflation under control We did what we thought was responsive to ...