Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms

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The Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms was a committee constituted by the Government of India in 2007 for proposing the next generation of financial sector reforms in India. It was chaired by University of Chicago economist Raghuram Rajan who had earlier been the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. The committee, in its report titled A Hundred Small Steps, recommended broad-based reforms across the financial sector, arguing that instead of focusing "on a few large, and usually politically controversial steps", India must "take a hundred small steps in the same direction". [1]

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Background

In 2007, then Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, drafted Rajan to write a report proposing the next generation of financial sector reforms in India. [2] The mandate that was given was to take an overall view of the sector in making recommendations, highlighting links between needed reforms, while offering a consistent underlying approach.

Composition

The committee, put together and chaired by Rajan, consisted of twelve members from across the public and private sectors. The members were: [1]

Workings

The committee undertook nine formal and eleven informal meetings. In addition, committee members met with numerous stakeholders in the financial sector in putting together the report. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Planning Commission, Government of India (2009). A Hundred Small Steps. SAGE Publications. ISBN   978-81-7829-950-1.
  2. Mark Bergen (1 October 2013). "Line of Credit: Raghuram Rajan takes charge at the RBI". Caravan Magazine. Retrieved 20 May 2018.