Was Raghuram Rajan Consulted As RBI Governor On DeMo? A FactCheck
By Mohammed Kudrati Several users have shared a quote attributed to former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, where he has claimed to have said that he was not consulted by the government before the demonetisation exercise launched on 8th November, 2016. On examining the claims, BOOM found that the claim attributed to Rajan were paraphrased and misquoted from his past statements on the issue. "I was RBI governor during the time of demonetisation. RBI was not asked to make a single decision on demonetisation", says the viral quote shared by several users on social media. While this quote at face valu...