CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Shri Shaktikanta Das, IAS Retd., former Secretary, Department of Revenue and Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India assumed charge as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India effective December 12, 2018.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shaktikanta Das is the present RBI Governor, appointed for a period of three years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dr. Raghuram Rajan assumed charge as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on September 4, 2013.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moneycontrol reports that the RBI chief’s salary is in-line with what the State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman earns which amounts to close to Rs 34 lakhs per year.