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Shaktikanta Das, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Das confirmed the news through his Twitter handle and said that he is asymptomatic and will continue to work from isolation till he recovers from the coronavirus. He also said that the work in RBI will go normally as he is in touch with all deputy governors and other officers through video conferencing and telephone. 

He wrote, "I have tested COVID-19 positive. Asymptomatic. Feeling very much alright. Have alerted those who came in contact in recent days. Will continue to work from isolation. Work in RBI will go on normally. I am in touch with all Dy. Govs



and other officers through VC and telephone."

Currently, the RBI has full strength of four deputy governors B P Kanungo, M K Jain, M D Patra and M Rajeshwar Rao.

The RBI governor was quite active during the lockdown period and post unlock period to keep the economy and financial market in good shape. He used both conventional and unconventional monetary policy tools to support economic recovery hit by COVID-19 crisis.

63-year-old Das is the 25th governor of the RBI after being appointed by ACC on December 11, 2018. He is also a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
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