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.
Patel unexpectedly resigned on Monday citing personal reasons, though markets and economists were speculating such a move after the rift between the central bank and the government became public.
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