The Reserve Bank of India governor
“The nation has enormous financing needs in infrastructure, and far too many of our banks already have too much exposure. Big corporate infrastructure players have also taken too much debt,” Rajan was quoted in an ET report.
It should be noted that the NPA of banks has been recorded at over Rs 3 lakh crore as on December 2014.
According to the report by ET, the cancellation of coal mines by the Supreme Court had severely impacted the power companies, thus adversely impacting the banks as well.
Interestingly, in a bid to boost investments in the infrastructure, Finance Minister
"Strong national institutions are hard to build. Therefore existing ones should be nurtured from the outside, and constantly rejuvenated from the inside, for there are precious few of them," added Rajan.
Interestingly, rumors have been rife that there are differences between the
“There has always been a constructive dialogue between the Government and the Bank, informed by their respective time horizons and attitudes towards risk. And history records that successive governments have invariably appreciated the wisdom of the Reserve Bank's counsel,” reaffirmed Rajan.