The Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) reviewed the major global and domestic developments which could impinge on the country’s financial stability.
The panel was headed by Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel.
Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is an apex-level body constituted by the government of India.
The Union Finance Minister is chairman of FSDC.
Its members are
Heads of the financial sector regulatory authorities (i.e., RBI, SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA),
Finance Secretary or Secretary, Department of Economic Affair
Secretary, Department of Financial Services, and
Chief Economic Adviser
The new body envisages to strengthen and institutionalise the mechanism of maintaining financial stability, financial sector development, inter-regulatory coordination along with monitoring macro-prudential regulation of economy.