Former Reserve Financial institution of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan spoke concerning the wage he used to attract when he was on the high job. He mentioned that greater than the wage it was the official residence allotted to the RBI Governor that was an even bigger perk.

Talking with YouTuber Raj Shamani on the ‘Figuring Out’ podcast, Raghuram Rajan mentioned that his wage as RBI Governor was Rs 4 lakh a 12 months. “I don’t know what the present wage is however in my time it was Rs 4 lakh a 12 months. The largest perk is the home. You get a very massive home, just a few blocks away from Dhirubhai Ambani’s home in Mumbai on Malabar Hill,” he mentioned. 

“I did a calculation at one level. If we offered the home…we lease it, now we have a long-term lease from the Port Authority…we’d get about Rs 450 crore. If we make investments that, we may pay all the high brass of the RBI their wage. We may simply transfer into an condominium. However it’s a splendid home,” mentioned Rajan. 

When requested if Rs 4 lakh each year is an acceptable quantity to be the wage of the RBI Governor, Rajan mentioned it’s at par with different authorities officers. “I feel it’s on par with the Cupboard Secretary. It’s what authorities officers get. You don’t get different perks that authorities officers get, you don’t get a pension. However you get I feel medical services. I don’t get a pension,”  he mentioned within the podcast.

The previous RBI Governor defined the rationale behind the wage construction. “The rationale why most RBI governors don’t get pension is as a result of they had been civil servants. So that they already received a pension from their civil service. However there was one who wasn’t a civil servant…I received’t title him…however I believed it was acceptable for the RBI in that case due to his a few years of service to the RBI and to the federal government that he ought to get a pension,” mentioned Rajan.

The economist additionally mentioned that in his private case, he doesn’t want a pension. After stepping down because the RBI Governor, Rajan went again to his job. Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Sales space. 

“However I don’t want a pension…I’ve a fulltime job. I used to be younger sufficient to return to a job…so it has not been my subject. However once more the rationale was that you’ve one other job earlier than you come into the RBI or you’ve got been an RBI official, really solely two RBI officers have been appointed RBI governor, so you’ve got an impartial pension from someplace,” mentioned Rajan concerning the RBI Governor’s wage construction.

Talking about perks of the job, Raghuram Rajan mentioned, “You get a automotive, you get a whole lot of stuff to keep up that home…it’s an previous home, so that you want upkeep.” 

When requested if it’s a luxurious automotive that’s given for the official use of the RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan identified that it could be inappropriate in a rustic like India to make use of a luxurious automotive for official functions. 

Raghuram Rajan has launched his newest guide ‘Breaking the Mould : Reimagining India’s Financial Future’, co-authored with Rohit Lamba.

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