Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank

Chairman and Managing Director, State Bank of India

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India

Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Member, Politburo, Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

Finance Minister

Prime Minister

India’s current government and finance scene includes an energetic, forward-thinking and pragmatic team. Kala Rao profiles the 10 key decision-makers.
When, against the odds, the Congress party triumphed in India’s national elections in May, the country’s stock market nosedived. Investors feared that state intervention and meddling would come back into fashion, interest rates would rise and prospects for economic growth would diminish. In short, India’s reform process would move quickly into reverse.

The region’s top 200 banks have made a remarkable recovery, boosting aggregate Tier 1 capital by 16%.