Who is Shaktikanta Das, the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India?
Shaktikanta Das, the 61-year-old former Economic Affairs Secretary from 2015 to 2017, has been appointed RBI Governor for three years. His appointment as Revenue Secretary in June 2014 was the first high-level bureaucratic rejig in Finance Ministry under PM Modi-led government. Das delivered many public statements on note ban and was also the 'brain' behind the Goods and Services Tax.