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Nilesh Shah, MD of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, compared RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das to opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar for standing without fear in front of a challenging global environment..
The Indian market would be pleasantly surprised if GDP growth for FY24 came in line with RBI expectations of 6.5%, he added..
Meanwhile, at the three-day meeting of RBIs monetary policy committee, the decision was unanimously made to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.50%.ETMarkets.com..
Comparing RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das with batting legend Sunil Gavaskar, Dalal Street veteran Nilesh Shah on Thursday said the central bank is standing without fear in front of a challenging global environment...
At the end of the three-day meeting of RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) today, Das announced that it was decided unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%...
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