Mumbai, May 3 -- Poonam Gupta has taken over as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The government appointed her as Deputy Governor on April 2, 2025 for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge or until further orders, whichever is earlier. As Deputy Governor, Dr Gupta will take charge of the monetary policy department, financial markets operations department, economic and policy research department, department of financial stability, international department, department of statistics and information management, corporate strategy and Budget department and department of communications.

Prior to this appointment, Dr Gupta was the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (...