00:00More news coming in, former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the Principal Secretary
00:07to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
00:08That's a story we're breaking at this, our retired Governor Shaktikanta Das has been
00:13appointed as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
00:17Karishma is getting in more details on that story, joining us at this point in time.
00:23Karishma, I would say rather unexpected also by this appointment.
00:28It is a second Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, so essentially he has two
00:32Principal Secretaries now.
00:34Well, absolutely right Sneha, in fact, this is definitely an unexpected announcement,
00:41especially coming on Mr. Das.
00:43Mr. Das, the previous appointment where he was earlier a member of the 15th Finance Commission,
00:50also served as India's Sherpa to G20, and as a retired IAS officer when he was appointed
00:58as the 25th Governor of RBI, we did realise that after his stint as the Finance Secretary
01:05he's been chosen to end it sweetly with his position as the RBI Governor.
01:12But being appointed in the Prime Minister office, certainly the big task for him is
01:19going to be taking forward the Vixit Bharat Plan, and most importantly, Prime Minister's
01:25recent remark of the Deregulation Commission that likely former RBI Governor Dr. Das is
01:32going to be overlooking as.
01:34Let's not forget that he has played a very important role as a member of the 15th Finance
01:41Commission and also as a key policy maker in the position of Secretary DEA.
01:47I'm going to thank you, Karishma, getting in those details, former RBI Governor, getting
01:52that new role as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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