Indians are Searching for 'Shaktikanta Das Caste' on Google After Announcement of New RBI Governor
After educational qualification, it was 'caste' that people wanted to know about the new RBI governor.
After educational qualification, it was 'caste' that people wanted to know about the new RBI governor.
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Former finance secretary and current member of the finance commission Shaktikanta Das was appointed the new Reserve Bank of India governor on Tuesday. The move came almost 24 hours after Urjit Patel resigned from the post amid rift with the Finance Ministry, but cited personal reasons for the decision.
Shaktikanta Das is known primarily as the Centre’s face during demonetisation. He has even held press conferences almost on a daily basis addressing public issues back then.
And while people may not be too pleased about this move, and have questioned his educational qualification directly affecting his ability to be the new RBI governor, this isn't the only thing that spiked in Google searches.
A Google trend result shows that people searched for 'Shaktikanta Das Caste' after the appointment of the new RBI governor.
Even in 2018, when India is supposedly launching rockets and progressing towards an apparent better world, people are prejudiced against an individual - not owing to his capabilities at doing his job, but owing to what caste he belongs to.
There is no escaping the 'jaati' tag. (Get detailed and live results of each and every seat of the state Assemblies in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram to know which candidate/party is leading or trailing and to know who has won and who has lost and by what margin. Our one-of-its-kind Election Analytics Centre lets you put on the psephologist's hat. Know interesting facts and trivia about the elections. Elections = News18)
Shaktikanta Das is known primarily as the Centre’s face during demonetisation. He has even held press conferences almost on a daily basis addressing public issues back then.
And while people may not be too pleased about this move, and have questioned his educational qualification directly affecting his ability to be the new RBI governor, this isn't the only thing that spiked in Google searches.
A Google trend result shows that people searched for 'Shaktikanta Das Caste' after the appointment of the new RBI governor.
Even in 2018, when India is supposedly launching rockets and progressing towards an apparent better world, people are prejudiced against an individual - not owing to his capabilities at doing his job, but owing to what caste he belongs to.
There is no escaping the 'jaati' tag. (Get detailed and live results of each and every seat of the state Assemblies in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram to know which candidate/party is leading or trailing and to know who has won and who has lost and by what margin. Our one-of-its-kind Election Analytics Centre lets you put on the psephologist's hat. Know interesting facts and trivia about the elections. Elections = News18)