'Make growth RBI's top priority next decade'

Rupee must be made accessible and acceptable globally, making markets less dependent on developments overseas

- BENN KOCHUVEEDAN

THE Reserve Bank has to accord growth its "top most priority" even as it continues to maintain trust and stability of the financial system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Monday, inaugurating the year-long celebrations of the 90th founding day of the central bank.

Addressing the gathering that included top industrialists such as N Chandrasekaran, Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra and topnotch bankers like Dinesh Khara and a bevy of others, Modi said the next decade is as important for attaining the goal of a developed nation as it is for the RBI, which will be completing 100 years in 2035.