Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has been elected the world’s top central banker for the second consecutive year. Shaktikanta Das has once again received an A+ grade in the Central Bank Report Card 2024. The RBI Governor has been given this award by Global Finance in Washington D.C., USA. RBI has shared some photos of Shaktikanta Das receiving the award on the social media platform X. Global Finance had announced this award two months ago. Shaktikanta Das has been given this honor for control over inflation, economic growth, currency stability and control over interest rates. He was also elected the top central banker last year and received an A+ rating. Das was awarded the ‘Governor of the Year’ award at the Central Banking Awards 2023 in London in June last year. Global Finance Magazine rated governors on these parameters According to Global Finance Magazine, the grades given by them are based on a scale of A to F for success in inflation control, economic development goals, currency stability and interest rate management. ‘A’ represents outstanding performance and ‘F’ represents complete failure. The magazine states that Global Finance’s yearly Central Banker Report Card honors bank governors whose strategies have outperformed their counterparts through originality, creativity and perseverance. The Central Banker Report Card has been published every year in the US’ Global Finance magazine since 1994. In this, grades are given to central bank governors of 101 countries, territories and districts. These include the Bank of the European Union, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Bank of Central African States and Central Bank of West African States. Shaktikanta Das is the 25th Governor of RBI Shaktikanta Das is the 25th Governor of RBI. He was also appointed as India’s Sherpa at the G20 conference. He is a retired IAS officer of the 1980 batch. Under Das’ leadership, RBI has kept interest rates stable for almost one and a half years. At the same time, inflation has also been controlled. During this period, the country has also achieved an economic growth rate of more than 8%.
