\u201cAs professionals in the financial and economic research community, we rely on originality, attribution, and integrity in our analysis,\u201d Gulati wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s deeply concerning to see what appears to be verbatim replication of RBI\u2019s Monetary Policy Reports (MPRs) in recent SBI Ecowrap reports \u2014 without any attribution,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The post included comparative data visuals, showing what Gulati claimed were identical charts and statistical representations between the two institutions\u2019 publications. The accusation quickly gained traction among economists, analysts, and financial professionals on social media.<\/p>\n
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Also Read<\/strong>: Trump\u2019s $300 Million White House Ballroom Backed by Corporate Titans<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Both the RBI\u2019s Monetary Policy Report and SBI\u2019s Ecowrap are widely followed publications in India\u2019s financial community. The MPR, released periodically by the central bank, provides insights into economic conditions, inflation outlook, and monetary trends, while Ecowrap is SBI\u2019s in-house economic and research publication, authored by its team of economists to interpret market and macroeconomic trends.<\/p>\n Gulati\u2019s claim that SBI economists had copied \u201ckey data complete with graphs and charts\u201d from RBI\u2019s reports sparked an immediate debate over intellectual property and ethics in institutional research.<\/p>\n The LinkedIn post quickly went viral, drawing reactions from banking professionals, economists, and policymakers. Many users expressed surprise at the rare public confrontation between two major financial entities.<\/p>\n While social media disagreements among individual economists are not uncommon, a dispute involving the RBI and SBI \u2014 the country\u2019s central bank and largest lender, respectively \u2014 is an unusual and high-profile occurrence.<\/p>\n The post also triggered discussions about research ethics within public institutions and the responsibility of attribution in shared economic data and policy insights.<\/p>\n As of now, neither the RBI nor the SBI has issued an official statement regarding the allegations. The situation remains limited to the professional and social media space, though the incident has raised questions about how financial institutions handle data transparency, authorship, and accountability in their published analyses.<\/p>\n The post by Gulati continues to circulate widely on LinkedIn, where it has sparked debates over professional standards in financial research and the need for greater acknowledgment practices between institutions working on overlapping datasets.<\/p>\n The RBI vs SBI plagiarism row on LinkedIn has spotlighted an unexpected conflict between two of India\u2019s most prominent financial bodies. With RBI\u2019s Sarthak Gulati openly accusing SBI\u2019s economists of copying sections of the Monetary Policy Report for their Ecowrap without credit, the matter has ignited broader conversations about intellectual honesty and academic rigor in economic research.<\/p>\n Until either institution issues a formal clarification, the dispute remains a reminder of how digital transparency and public accountability have reshaped professional boundaries in India\u2019s financial ecosystem.<\/p>\n Click here to explore:<\/strong><\/em> A rare public spat has erupted between India\u2019s two top financial institutions \u2014 the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of India (SBI) \u2014 after a senior RBI official accused SBI\u2019s economists of plagiarism on LinkedIn. The controversy surfaced during the Diwali festivities, when Sarthak Gulati, Assistant General Manager at the RBI, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1383],"class_list":{"0":"post-16015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance-and-economy-news"}," _eael_post_view_count":0,"authors":[{"term_id":1383,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"pradeep","display_name":"Pradeep Sangatramani","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pradeep-Sangatramni.jpeg","url2x":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pradeep-Sangatramni.jpeg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16016,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16015\/revisions\/16016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16015"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Context: RBI and SBI Reports<\/h2>\n
Social Media Reaction<\/h2>\n
No Official Response Yet<\/h2>\n
Conclusion<\/h3>\n
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