Reserve Bank of India (RBI), deputy governor, Michael Debabrata Patra’s one-year tenure extension begins today. The government on Monday extended the term by a further period of one year.
Patra’s three-year tenure was coming to an end on January 14.
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved Patra’s re-appointment as the RBI’s deputy governor for a further period of one year with effect from January 15, sources said.
Patra looks after the monetary policy department as the deputy governor of the central bank and also as a member of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee.
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The six-member Monetary Policy Committee is headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
Besides the governor, the RBI has four deputy governors. The three other deputy governors of the bank are M K Jain, M Rajeshwar Rao and T Rabi Sankar.
