Talk:Shaktikanta Das

Education

There is lot of misleading information is Shaktikanta Das's education details. 1 week courses are mentioned. Should they even be mentioned in education details? If mentioned, shouldn't we give actual nature of the courses. Link for his service sheet- https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14205&PageId= INFO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toi2324 (talk • contribs) 17:50, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Toi2324, hi! First, welcome to Wikipedia; hopefully you adjudicate this to be a place to stay! Now, on to your queries, yes, whilst I do not fully agree with you, I think the nature of the courses Das took should be mentioned in detail.

Notwithstanding that, I think these courses do merit a mention in the article; not in the infobox ('|alma_mater' parameter) or categories (x university/college alumni), though, but certainly a mention in the body is more than warranted.

As far as the nature of courses goes, I believe the advanced financial management course is a one-year one, whereas, other courses are of varying lengths per the 'Year' sub-section in the 'In-Service Training Details' section of Das' executive record sheet (the link you cited) maintained by the Department of Personnel and Training of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions of the Government of India.

Pinging @Bharat.varsh: who added the details of Das' in-service trainings to the article to explain his or her rationale.

Do not be afraid in replying if you've got any query/ies left. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 19:01, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Also, @Toi2324: I added a section to your comment(s); hope you do not mind! Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 19:04, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

• @SshibumXZ: : In the article, you can see that a lot of phrases are colored in red like "Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society", "Department of Economic Affairs", "Department of Expenditure", "S. S. Mundra" and "deputy governor".

• This indicates that no corresponding article exists by that name but it's linked to a page that doesn't exist. Instead of writing [[Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society]] why can't we simply write: Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society

• Red colored phrases can mislead readers. So, we must remove the "[[ ]]" from the phrases. Also there should be the word "the" in sentence "...appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India by ACC on..."

• Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.41.154.249 (talk) 19:19, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

  Hi! I have at least followed your edit request in spirit, if not letter.

  Now, those red-coloured links are called 'red links' and are not entirely bad, yes, they only appear when some term on which an article does not exist is 'wikilinked', but, they coloured red for exactly that – to warn the user that at the moment an article on the said term does not exist. All the red-linked terms have potential and will turn blue once an article on them is created; it will be beneficial when articles on the said subjects are created. Hence, red-links do very little harm and can do a world of good.

  For now, I have redirected 'Department of Economic Affairs' (well, 'Department of Economic Affairs (India)') and 'Department of Expenditure' to Ministry of Finance (India).

  Also, I have got to say, for an inexperienced IP your grasp of Wikipedia is quite, so much so, you seem to understand the use of <nowiki> tags; I am kind of impressed and would request you to either create a Wikipedia account or log-in to your existing Wikipedia account. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 19:54, 15 December 2018 (UTC); edited 19:56, 15 December 2018 (UTC).

Dear, SshibumXZ look at service sheet. It is not 1 year course. It is clearly written in top of rightmost column- "Duration(Weeks) .Check this tweet for screenshot- https://twitter.com/nikhilnarayanan/status/1073223438066696198 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toi2324 (talk • contribs) 17:11, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Toi2324, oh right, thank you for the correction of information! I have accepted [presumably] your pending revision and have further done some copy editing on the article. Do not be afraid in asking if you have got any other problem(s)

Also, please sign-in when you edit Wikipedia henceforth and sign (by adding four tildes [~~~~]) and indent your future comments; it helps a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SshibumXZ (talk • contribs) 18:29, 16 December 2018 (UTC); edited 18:23, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Ironic that I asked you to sign your comments and did not sign mine. . Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 18:23, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Defamatory statement by Subramanium Swamy

On appointment of Shaktikant Das, Sumbramanium Swamy called him corrupt, without showing any material proof. Aren't the mention of such defamatory statement on this page, against the spirit of Wikipedia? We need to have neutral stance on the case of responses on Shaktikant Das's appointment. Gyaansevak (talk) 16:25, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Shaktikanta Das/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Bunnypranav (talk · contribs) 15:24, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: TheNuggeteer (talk · contribs) 09:09, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Will review this in exchange for the copyedit. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 09:09, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! One note regarding the sources, if you feel that any source(s) for a statement are not reliable, please note that here. This might be obvious, but noting since there are sources for a given thing from many media outlets, and I had removed some of them due to possible Wikipedia:Citation overkill issues. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 09:29, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Quick note regarding copyvio detector. The big number is only due to the list of previous positions held, I think that should not be a problem for copyvio as it cannot be paraphrased. If I am wrong in this aspect, please suggest any other solution as I am not aware of how to fix this (first GA). Thanks! :) ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:26, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Criterion 1

• "Economic Affairs Secretary, Revenue Secretary, Fertilizers Secretary" please add "and the".
  •  Done
• "IMF, G20, BRICS, SAARC, etc" to "IMF, G20, BIRCS, and SAARC." The text says, "like the", you do not have to add "etc."
  •  Done
• ".[6] and then" why is there a period?
  •  Done changed into a comma.
• "Prime Minister-led Prime Minister-led" duplicated.
  •  Done
• "16 June 2014 and demitted the office" this makes it feel like his term started and ended on the same day.
  •  Done, converted to His tenure started on June 16, 2014, and concluded on August 31, 2015.
• "28 May 2017," remove comma.
  •  Done
• The first paragraph of the Economic Affairs secretary section seems too long.
  • Do you mean the first para's single sentence was too long? If yes, then I have split into two sentences. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:14, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
  • Ping @TheNuggeteer: for response. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:10, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

    It seems okay now. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 07:20, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

• "Goods and Services Tax (India)" remove "(India)".
  •  Done
• The Finance Commission section probably needs to be merged to another section.
  •  Done Merged into IAS section with subheading of Post-retirement. Please suggest any other options if that is not ideal. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:10, 14 September 2025 (UTC)
• "Gaurav Shah" this name is spelled wrong.
  •  Done
• "Principal Secretary - 2" "2"?
  •  Done
• Can you link "basis points"?
  •  Done Linked to Basis point value as it is the specifically related to finance. Open to changing it to Basis point if required, considering the pretty limited sourcing for the former. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:14, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
• "digital payments" to "digital payment".
  •  Done Changed the first occurrence, second one seems right based on the source and quote. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:14, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
• Same for "retail payments".
  •  Done

Criterion 2

• Why is there citations in the lead? See WP:LEADCITE Because the lead usually repeats information that is in the body, editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material. Since the information in the lead is not in the body, why is it not added there?
  •  Done
• Source 6 seems too primary. Please remove this and try to find another reliable source.
  •  Done Replaced with one from Nagaland tribune.
• Source 7 is a dead link for me.
  •  Done Changed status to dead.
• Add the date of source 9.
  •  Done
• There seems to be something wrong with source 10.
  •  Done It is a kind of a biography of the subject. Removed since the content is present in other sources.
• Add the website for source 11.
  •  Done
• Can you please spread sources 5, 7, and 13 to their respective sentences?
  • @TheNuggeteer: Slightly confused on this one, what should I do here? The single sentence before it is being sourced in full capacity by the 3 sources. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:38, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

  Just ignore the comment, I do not think it is much of an issue. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 00:15, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

• There are too much citations for the first sentence of "Economic Affairs Secretary" section.
  •  Done
• "Das was appointed Union Economic Affairs Secretary by the ACC in August 2014" I do not see this in the sentences.
  •  Done It is 2015, corrected. See the supremo source and date in the New Indian Express article
• I think you are overciting a large part of the "Finance Commission" section.
  •  Done Reduced to one per sentence.
• "Das' appointment as RBI governor received mostly positive responses" this sentence is cited too much.
  •  Done
• Add the authors of source 53.
  •  Done
• I did not find 115 basis points in source 55.
  •  Done: Updated refs

Criterion 3

• "1980-batch" is this important enough to add to the lead?
  •  Done
• He is an important figure in Indian politics, isn't there any information on how his parents raised him, his childhood, and other things through interviews?
  • No, he has drawn a clear line between personal and professional life. No names/info about family, children or other childhood. Only info I found is his schooling in Bhubaneswar, which is already mentioned. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:58, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
• According to this source, he has many other positions. Why are they not included?
  • Most of them are already included. The starting 5-ish positions have no outside coverage, so I do not think it is of any use mentioning them. Media has only covered the later central govt and high-profile Tamil Nadu govt positions. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:58, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
• In the "Reactions" section, is there reactions from the Indian public.
  • See the positive reaction of the stock markets mentioned. Also added a couple lines on some tweets criticizing his MA in history. Special:Diff/1311655146. Nothing specifically from the public, probably since RBI governors are not than famous as compared to politicians or company CEOs. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:58, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

The Rest of the Criteria

• Criterion 5: This looks stable enough for GA.
• Criterion 6: The article is illustrated well with nice captions. I only have one issue:

• Where is the main image taken and when was it taken?
  •  Added caption

There are a lot of issues in this medium-sized article. Since this is your first GAN, I will give you 14 days to fix these issues (or even more if you would like). I will continue the review a bit later. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 02:48, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

I have finally finished the review. @Bunnypranav: pinging. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 06:06, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

@TheNuggeteer: I have fixed all the issues pointed out here, with a couple comments in some places. Thanks for the in-depth review and I'm awaiting your response. For your convenience, Special:Diff/1310753119/1311655146 is the combined diff for all changes done after your review. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 07:58, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Passing; thank you for your cooperation! I did some minor fixes. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 08:48, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here.No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath talk 14:07, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

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Shaktikanta Das, New Delhi, 2016

• ... that Shaktikanta Das qualified with a degree in history, yet rose to lead India's central bank?

• Source: "A 1980-batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, Das, who holds a master's degree in history from Delhi's St Stephen's College and a postgraduate degree in public administration from the University of Birmingham, [...]. Shaktikanta Das: The man behind GST, note ban and monetary response during Covid. Deccan Herald. 9 December 2024

• • Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Bunnypranav (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 09:56, 16 September 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article recently improved, long enough, sourced, and neutral. Picture free, used in article, and unusually striking for a simple portrait. QPQ not needed. Hook cited and interesting—a historian in charge of the central bank is not what I'd expect from a country so renowned (or perhaps notorious?) for its STEM geniuses, and judging by the memes mentioned, Indians felt similar! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:42, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks User:AirshipJungleman29! Well, he had ~40 years experience in the field before becoming the governor, so it is fair I guess. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:42, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting the edit on Shaktikanta Das

The picture Shaktikanta Das with Arun Jaitley is coming up properly. Initially, the wiki markup wasn't formatted properly and I mistakenly assumed, it was lack of picture. Phoe6 (talk) 12:42, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Kerala prize money

No no money ~2026-34797-93 (talk) 06:55, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

price money 800000 ~2026-34797-93 (talk) 06:57, 13 June 2026 (UTC)