Thursday, December 6, 2012

Mamata skips her date with RBI Governor


It may improve investors' sentiment but the parliament's decision to vote in favour of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail may have cost the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) governor D Subbarao his date with West Bengal's flamboyant Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Subbarao, who is in Kolkata for the central bank's board meeting tomorrow, was scheduled to pay a courtesy visit to the chief minister. It has been a custom to meet the chief minister whenever a RBI governor visits a state. The calendar of top RBI executives lists one of Subbarao's today's engagements as "meeting with chief minister of West Bengal" at 5:30 PM in Writers' Building. The meeting was cancelled without the state government or RBI offering an explanation.........

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