MPC's new members may stay with RBI's view on inflation

On Tuesday, the government reconstituted the six-member MPC, appointing three new external members for a four-year term. The new members are Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar. Singh is director, Delhi School of Economics, Bhattacharya an independent economist, was formerly chief economist at Axis Bank, while Kumar is director and chief executive at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi.