Bhubaneswar: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and discussed several issues including financial inclusion programmes today here at Lok Seva Bhawan.
Speaking to the media Dad said, “A lot of issues, including financial inclusion programmes, banking presence, digital payments, streamlining agriculture loans and direct transfer benefits were discussed,.”
Das met the Chief Minister ahead of the central board meeting of RBI scheduled to be held here on Friday after seven years. Last time the meeting was held here in 2012, said the RBI Governor.
“Odisha is my home state and grown up here it was a courtesy meeting with the Chief Minister,” said Das.