Raghuram Rajan was the former ______ of India.

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Answer 1

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Key Points

Raghuram Rajan was the former Governor of the RBI of India.
Raghuram Rajan was the 23^rd governor of RBI.
RBI is the central bank of India which controls the money supply in the country.
It has the sole authority of printing currency.
The sole authority to mint coins is with the Ministry of Finance.

Additional Information Reserve Bank of the India

The current governor of RBI is Shaktikanta Das.
It was founded in 1935 and was nationalised on 1 January 1949.
It's headquartered is in Mumbai.
The first RBI governor was Osborne Smith.
The tenure of RBI governor lasts for 3 years and can be extended.
The RBI ACT of 1934 provides for RBI Governors, Deputy Governors.
RBI is a statutory body meaning it derives power from an Act passed by the parliament and has no mention in the Constitution.