Govt should focus more on investing in productive sectors: Subbarao

21 Nov 2012 Evaluate

Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao, emphasizing the fact that future generations should not pay the price for the high borrowing of yesterdays, urged the government to focus rather on investing in productive sectors like infrastructure and ports.

Further, on the issue of reserve currencies, Subbarao called upon emerging market economies like India to build greater currency chests for stability, as the US dollar continuing to hold the dominant position. Speaking on global imbalances, he said the imbalances today do not arise from China as was the case in the days leading up to the 2008 crisis, but from oil exporting nations like Russia.

Moreover, RBI chief reiterated the need to change the structure of the IMF, which reflects the economic realities of the 1960s and a request has been forwarded by India to start a dollar swap facility with the US, but Washington had reservations as our capital account is not fully convertible, during the visit of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last month. America is yet to convey a final decision on the matter, Subbarao added.

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