GENERAL2 Oct 2026
MPC internal members must think independently of RBI: Ashima Goyal
Ashima Goyal, a former external member of the Monetary Policy Committee, says members sitting inside the RBI must think independently and not simply follow the central bank's line. She says the inflation-targeting band gives the committee room to look through temporary food inflation. In practice, this means interest rate decisions need not react to every short food price spike.
Key Statutory Highlights
- Ashima Goyal is a former external member of the Monetary Policy Committee and a visiting professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.
- She says members of the committee who sit inside the RBI must think independently of the central bank.
- She says the inflation-targeting band gives the MPC the flexibility to look through temporary food inflation.
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