PDMA: Rajan denies disconnect with Finance Ministry

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 16:23

Asserting that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is on the same page as him on creating a public debt management agency (PDMA), RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said it would be unwise to move things away from the Reserve Bank without discussions and disrupt a smooth-functioning market for "hypothetical gains".

I am happy to let it go to the government: Rajan on PDMA

Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 22:08

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said there was no reason for RBI to manage public debt and he would be happy if the debt management function goes to the government.

Jaitley promises better tax regime for companies

Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2015, 16:21

Jaitley acknowledged that there was a risk of "cutting it too fine" but said the government would "make every effort to ensure that there is no delay".

Govt in talks with RBI on public debt agency: Arun Jaitley

Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2015, 13:12

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday the government was in consultations with the Reserve Bank of India on setting up an independent public debt management agency (PDMA).

Rajan says no differences over PDMA; wants independent agency

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 19:46

Ruling out any differences with the government over creation of a Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA), RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said the new body should be "suitably independent of influences".

RBI's autonomy should be kept intact: Manmohan Singh

Last Updated: Saturday, May 9, 2015, 20:47

The RBI and the Finance Ministry need to work in harmony, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today, even as he stressed on the need to keep the central bank's autonomy intact.

Finance Ministry, RBI need to work in harmony: Manmohan Singh

Last Updated: Saturday, May 9, 2015, 19:30

Reportedly there are differences between RBI and Finance Ministry over PDMA plan.

Jaitley drops PDMA; RBI to regulate govt bonds for now

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 15:10

Setting at rest the controversy with regard to regulation of government bonds for the time being, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today dropped from the Finance Bill 2015 the proposal to set up a separate Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA), outside of the RBI's ambit.

Government withdraws proposal to set up new public debt management agency

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 14:15

Jaitley added that the government is in consultation with RBI to prepare a detailed road-map for setting up a separate debt management agency.

PDMA should be independent of govt and RBI: Raghuram Rajan

Last Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2015, 15:22

Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) should be independent of the government as well as the central bank for ensuring fiscal discipline, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Sunday.

Rajan says he doesn't see debt mgmt agency clipping RBI wings

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 21:30

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan Wednesday said he is not worried about the proposed Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) and possibility of the apex bank losing its powers after the new body comes into existence.