Shaktikanta Das appointed as RBI Governor for three years
Shaktikanta Das, who was Economic Affairs Secretary when demonetisation was announced, has been appointed as the RBI's 25th Governor for a period of three years. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre and is currently a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission. Das also represents India at the G-20 in the role of a sherpa.