N.S. Vishwanathan re-appointed as RBI Deputy Governor

N.S. Vishwanathan re-appointed as RBI Deputy Governor

Question: Who has been recently re-appointed as the Deputy Governor of the RBI?
(a) Viral V Acharya
(b) Shaktikanta Das
(c) Dilip S Shanghavi
(d) N.S. Vishwanathan
Answer: (d)
Related facts:

  • On 1 July 2019, The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet re-appointed N S Vishwanathan as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for one more year.
  • His existing tenure expired on 3rd July, 2019. He took charge of office on 4th July, 2016.
  • Vishwanathan is one of the three deputy governors, besides B P Kanungo and M K Jain, working at the central bank.
  • Vishwanathan is in charge of regulation of banks, non-banking finance companies and cooperative banks. He is known to be one of the key architects behind the revised norms, which encourage banks to take companies to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code by freeing up locked provisions.
  • The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.It is headquartered in Mumbai.

Links:
https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=47474
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/n-s-vishwanathan-re-appointed-deputy-governor-rbi-for-one-year/articleshow/70023675.cms
http://www.ddnews.gov.in/business/ns-vishwanathan-reappointed-rbi-deputy-governor-one-year
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._S._Vishwanathan
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/n-s-vishwanathan-re-appointed-deputy-governor-rbi-for-one-year-119070100584_1.html