TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi-The government has narrowed down its list of candidates to become the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India to four, a senior government official told .The four were current RBI Deputy Governor Urjit Patel, former deputy governors Rakesh Mohan and Subir Gokarn, and State Bank of India Chair Arundhati Bhattacharya.
Another official from Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s office said that Rajan was expected to join the search committee to appoint three external members of a new six-member RBI Monetary Policy Committee. The objective was to ensure that the MPC is constituted as soon as possible, before the appointment of Rajan’s successor, both officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.
