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LONDON: The Central Banking Awards 2023 winners were announced in late March this year. Two top prizes went to the National Bank of Ukraine -- the 2023 Central Bank of the Year and the Reserve Bank of India's Shaktikanta Das -- Governor of the Year. He has been recognised for his role during Covid-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the subsequent fight against inflation. India has topped among the countries whose inflation is under control and the growth prospects bright. The RBI governor is currently in London. On Tuesday, he participated in and addressed the opening plenary session of summer meetings organised by Central Banking, London, UK. "The RBI governor has cemented critical reforms, overseen world-leading payments innovation and steered India through difficult times with a steady hand and well-crafted turn of phrase," Central Banking said in March. Shaktikanta Das (a retired IAS officer), former secretary of the Department of Revenue and Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance, assumed charge as the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India on December 12, 2018. Prior to becoming the RBI head, he was a member of the 15th

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It is not easy to remember the state capitals, the chief ministers of the states, and the governors of every state at the same time. You will need an updated list depicting the Indian state CM and Governor for memorizing them easily and to answer the questions in the competitive government exams. For aspirants, here is the information on how a state governor is appointed and the name of the chief ministers and governors of all the states and their capitals. Who is a State Governor and How is he Elected? As per Article 153 of the Constitution of India, every state must have a governor. As per Article 154, a state governor is the one who wields the executive power to exercise in a state with the help of his officers. The constitutional roles are mentioned and followed by each of the governors of the state. They also reside in the capital of a state and are appointed by the President of India as per Article 155. According to the prime criteria of Article 157, a governor should be a recognized Indian citizen with age 35 years or more. He will not be a Member of Parliament or Legislature and will also not have any office or business. As per Article 158, he will be solely entitled to the allowances and emoluments offered by the Central Government. His role is to protect, preserve, and defend rightfully and to maintain the dignity of the Constitution and Law at all costs. To be precise, the role of a state governor is similar to that of the President of India at the national leve...

Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England—died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the Early life The son of a clergyman of the In 1750 British contact with India was still the monopoly of the East India Company, which was engaged in buying and selling goods at small settlements in Indian ports. As one of the company’s servants, for the early part of his career Hastings was employed in the company’s commercial business. But after 1756 the outlook for both the company and its servants was radically altered. The company became involved in hostilities in India both with the French and with Indian rulers, and under Governorship of Bengal Short of money, Hastings sought service in India again. In 1769 he was appointed second in Council in Madras. Two years later he received his great opportunity when he was sent back to

List of Current Chief Ministers & Governors of all Indian States and UTs S.No State and Union Territory Chief Minister Governor 1 Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy S. Abdul Nazeer 2 UT Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi 3 Pema Khandu Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik 4 Himanta Biswa Sarma Gulab Chand Kataria 5 Shri Nitish Kumar Rajendra Arlekar 6 UT V. P. Singh Badnore 7 Bhupesh Baghel Biswabhusan Harichandan 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu UT Praful Khoda Patel 9 Shri Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal 10 Pramod Sawant Satya Pal Malik 11 Bhupendrabhai Patel Acharya Devvrat 12 Shri Manohar Lal Khattar Bandaru Dattatreya 13 Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Shiv Pratap Shukla 14 UT Shri Manoj Sinha 15 Hemant Soren C. P. Radhakrishnan 16 Siddaramaiah Thawar Chand Gehlot 17 Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Arif Mohammad Khan 18 UT Shri Praful Patel 19 Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Mangubhai C. Patel 20 Eknath Shinde Ramesh Bais 21 Nongthombam Biren Singh Anusuiya Uikey 22 Conrad Sangma Phagu Chauhan 23 Shri Zoramthanga Kambhampati Hari Babu 24 Neiphiu Rio La. Ganesan 25 Shri Naveen Patnaik Prof. Ganeshi Lal 26 N. Rangaswamy Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan 27 Bhagwant Mann Banwarilal Purohit 28 Ashok Gehlot Shri Kalraj Mishra 29 Prem Singh Tamang Lakshman Acharya 30 M. K. Stalin R. N. Ravi 31 Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao Tamilisai Soundararajan 32 Manik Saha Satyadev Narayan Arya 33 Shri Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Patel 34 Pushkar Singh Dhami Gurmit Singh 35 Km. Mamata Banerjee C. V. Ananda Bose 36 UT Radha Krishna Mathur ...

Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England—died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the Early life The son of a clergyman of the In 1750 British contact with India was still the monopoly of the East India Company, which was engaged in buying and selling goods at small settlements in Indian ports. As one of the company’s servants, for the early part of his career Hastings was employed in the company’s commercial business. But after 1756 the outlook for both the company and its servants was radically altered. The company became involved in hostilities in India both with the French and with Indian rulers, and under Governorship of Bengal Short of money, Hastings sought service in India again. In 1769 he was appointed second in Council in Madras. Two years later he received his great opportunity when he was sent back to

It is not easy to remember the state capitals, the chief ministers of the states, and the governors of every state at the same time. You will need an updated list depicting the Indian state CM and Governor for memorizing them easily and to answer the questions in the competitive government exams. For aspirants, here is the information on how a state governor is appointed and the name of the chief ministers and governors of all the states and their capitals. Who is a State Governor and How is he Elected? As per Article 153 of the Constitution of India, every state must have a governor. As per Article 154, a state governor is the one who wields the executive power to exercise in a state with the help of his officers. The constitutional roles are mentioned and followed by each of the governors of the state. They also reside in the capital of a state and are appointed by the President of India as per Article 155. According to the prime criteria of Article 157, a governor should be a recognized Indian citizen with age 35 years or more. He will not be a Member of Parliament or Legislature and will also not have any office or business. As per Article 158, he will be solely entitled to the allowances and emoluments offered by the Central Government. His role is to protect, preserve, and defend rightfully and to maintain the dignity of the Constitution and Law at all costs. To be precise, the role of a state governor is similar to that of the President of India at the national leve...

The East India Company was initially created in 1600 to serve as a trading body for English merchants, specifically to participate in the East Indian spice trade. It later added such items as cotton, silk, indigo, saltpeter, tea, and opium to its wares and also participated in the slave trade. The company eventually became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in The East India Company was incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600. It was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. Although it started as a monopolistic trading body, it became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in The company commonly referred to as the East India Company was incorporated in 1600 and ceased to exist as a legal entity in 1873. During its existence it was known by a few other names as well: its formal name from 1600 to 1708 was Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, and from 1708 to 1873 it was United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies. Informally, it was often referred to as the English East India Company, to differentiate it from the Dutch East India CompanyLearn more about the Dutch East India Company. East India Company, also called English East India Company, formally (1600–1708) Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies or (1708–1873) United Company of Merchants of England Trading...

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