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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicForeign exchange

Topic: foreign exchange

India may reconsider allowing local firms to list on foreign exchanges, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Under current regulations, Indian firms are not allowed to list directly on overseas exchanges. They can only list on foreign exchanges via instruments such as depository receipts.

Industrialist Anil Ambani appears before Enforcement Directorate in foreign exchange case

He was questioned by the probe agency for alleged foreign exchange violation.

No, Netflix won’t be more expensive because of Modi govt’s new foreign transaction rules. Here’s why

Breaking down the new tax rules for payments made abroad, including those using credit cards. Compliance costs are set to increase.

India’s forex reserves fall to $537.52 billion, notching steepest weekly fall in six months

The country's reserves were $545.65 billion at the end of the previous week. Reserves have now fallen for eight straight weeks and are near their lowest levels since August 2020.

ED slaps Rs 10,600-crore notice to Flipkart, its founder over alleged forex violations

The show cause notice was issued to 10 people including Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal. Flipkart said it's in compliance with Indian laws, including FDI regulations.

ED summons actor Yami Gautam over alleged contravention of foreign exchange law

The case against the 32-year-old actor pertains to transactions of about Rs 1.5 crore deposited in a bank account.

Behind India’s chronic trade deficit, a few ignorant accounting formulas

A persistent and large deficit fails to pressure the dollar upwards, relative to the rupee, resulting in the latter’s overvaluation.

RBI pushed for trading platform to make forex cheaper for retailers. But it benefits banks

RBI allowing banks to charge users a ‘pre-agreed flat fee’ affects its intention of reducing retail cost of buying & selling foreign currencies.

Rupee’s advance seems to be causing some discomfort for RBI

The central bank has announced plans to hold a $5 billion foreign-exchange swap auction for a three-year tenor.

The chances of India being named a currency manipulator are slim

It is highly unlikely that India will be called a manipulator as it has persistently been running current account deficits since 2005.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.