India Appoints Former Bureaucrat Shaktikanta Das As Central Bank Chief

India's government named veteran bureaucrat Shaktikanta Das as the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India, following the abrupt resignation of Urjit Patel on Monday. Das, a former economic affairs secretary, has been appointed for a period of three years, the government said in a statement. A retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service, Das will be the 25th governor of the RBI.Original Article