Who chairs the Financial Stability and Development Council?
Q. Which of the following is/are true regarding Financial Stability and Development Council?
1) The Chairperson is the Governor of RBI.
2) SEBI, IRDA and PFRDA are represented in the council.- Published on 15 Nov 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Only 2
Chairperson: The Union Finance Minister of India . The members are -
- Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBl),
- Finance Secretary and/ or Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA),
- Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS),
- Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance,
- Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI),
- Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA),
- Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA),
- Chairman, Forward Markets Commission (FMC),
- Recently Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has been merged into SEBI.
- Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance, DEA, will be the Secretary of the Council,
- The Chairperson may invite any person whose presence is deemed necessary for any of its meeting(s).