Measures implemented by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) through the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 have contributed significantly in engineering the turnaround of the Indian economy in spite of the pandemic impact, Deputy Governor of the banking regulator in the country Michael Debabrata Patra has said.
Delivering the 18th C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture on “RBI’s Pandemic Response: Stepping into Oblivion” organised virtually by the Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad, of Council for Social Development (CSD) on Friday, he said India was now placed much better to face the future waves of the pandemic in the economic as well as health sector. C.D. Deshmukh was the first Indian Governor of RBI during 1943-49 period.
