Indian rupee Current Affairs, GK & News
Record Fall of Indian Rupee
On May 9th Indian Rupee fell to its all-time low against the US Dollar, closing at 77.50 per USD. Why did the value of the Indian Rupee fall? Due to rising inflation, US Federal Reserve increased the interest rate. This led to the strengthening of the US Dollar. There is a sustained outflow of capital ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Currency appreciation and depreciation • Dollar • Federal Bank • FPIs • Indian rupee • RBI
RBI enhances scope of Special Non-Resident Rupee accounts
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enhanced scope of ‘Special Non-resident Rupee’ (SNRR) by allowing persons residing outside India to open such accounts for purposes such as- (a) external commercial borrowing (ECB), (b) trade credit and and (c) Trade (Export/ Import) Invoicing, in domestic currency. The step is taken to popularise cross-border transactions in ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: ECB • External commercial borrowing • Indian rupee • RBI • Reserve Bank of India • SNRR Account • special non resident rupee
Usha Thorat heads RBI task force on Offshore Rupee Markets
The RBI task force on Offshore Rupee Markets (ORM), headed by Usha Thorat, has suggested liberal currency market for offshore users. The panel recommended that onshore market hours may be suitably extended to match the flexibility provided by the offshore markets (or NDF markets). This is aimed at incentivizing non-residents to hedge in the onshore ..
Topics: Corporate tax avoidance • Currency • Currency symbols • Economy • Finance • Foreign exchange market • Indian rupee • International Financial Services Centre • Market risk • Rupee • Special economic zones • Tax avoidance
How India can be a USD 5 trillion economy?
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to make India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2025, significant challenges still stand in way of India and its goal. For starters, the Indian economy has a size of USD 2.98 trillion (nominal GDP 2019 estimates). It needs to add 2.02 trillion more to its economic size ..
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: GDP Growth Rate • Indian Economy • Indian rupee • Inflation • US Dollar
Rupee depreciates by 12 paise to 68.98 against US Dollar
The rupee is depreciated by 12 paise to 68.98 against the US dollar in early trade today on increased demand for the US currency from importers and rising crude prices. Yesterday, the rupee had appreciated by 10 paise to end at 68.86 against the US dollar following a robust response to RBI’s maiden rupee-dollar swap ..
Topics: Coins of India • Currency • Dollar • Economy • Indian rupee • Paisa • Pakistani rupee • Rupee • United States dollar
RBI signs a $75 billion Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) with Japan’s central Bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Bank of Japan (BOJ) have signed a Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) for $75 billion that will help in bringing greater stability in foreign exchange and capital markets in the country. The pact will enables both countries to swap their local currencies (i.e., either Japanese yen or Indian rupee) ..
Topics: Bank of Japan • Central bank • Currency • Currency swap • Economy • Finance • Financial services • Foreign exchange market • Indian rupee • Japanese yen • Reserve Bank of India • Swap