1. Regulatory Updates
1.1. India
1.1.1. Sanjay Malhotra appointed RBI
governor
Shri Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990 batch IAS officer from the
Rajasthan cadre, assumes office as the 26th (twenty-sixth) Governor
of RBI for a three-year term starting December 11, 2024.
Previously, he served as Secretary in the Department of Revenue and
Department of Financial Services. With extensive experience in
finance, taxation, Information Technology, and power sectors,
Malhotra holds a Computer Science degree from Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur and a Public Policy Master's from Princeton
University. RBI
1.1.2. RBI launches the handbook of Indian
states
RBI has published the ninth edition of the Handbook of
Statistics on Indian States, 2023-24. This comprehensive
publication provides sub-national data on socio-demographics,
health, state domestic product, agriculture, environment, industry,
banking, and fiscal indicators across Indian states for periods
from 1951 to
