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A public dispute has emerged between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of India (SBI) after an RBI economist accused SBI researchers of copying sections of the central bank’s Monetary Policy Reports (MPRs) without credit.

The issue came to light during Diwali when RBI economist Sarthak Gulati posted screenshots on LinkedIn alleging that SBI’s Ecowrap research reports from April and October closely resembled the RBI’s MPRs in structure, language and visuals. He claimed that paragraphs, charts and the overall presentation in the Ecowrap issues were replicated from the RBI’s reports.

Gulati wrote on L

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