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TopicIndian Currency

Topic: Indian Currency

Rupee touches over two-week high on dollar inflows, gains in Asia FX

The rupee was at 84.30 as of 11:00 am, its highest since 7 November, up 0.1% from its close at 84.4450 in the previous session.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

How India’s humble Paisa came about—and what the coins tell us about sovereignty

RBI decision to not reissue copper-nickel series of Re 1 and 50 paise coins brings the end of a long coinage history that started with 'phootie cowries'.

Indian rupee can become global reserve currency. But Modi govt must bring reforms for that

India must offer the rest of the world sizable amounts of safe, readily available, and convertible assets that could be used as collateral in financial markets.

Banknotes with star mark are legal tenders, clarifies RBI

The central bank said the mark was placed before the bank note’s serial number to identify it as a reprinted or replaced note.

India-UAE vow to double non-petroleum trade to $100 bn by 2030, discuss rupee-dirham trade mechanism

Union minister Piyush Goyal and UAE's Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi conclude 1st session of India-UAE Joint Committee on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

Rs 2000 notes mean ‘black money’, phase them out gradually — BJP MP’s plea to Modi govt

While Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi urged central government to discontinue ₹2000 notes, fellow BJP MP Nishikant Dubey defended demonetisation in Lower House.

Why the ‘Impossible Trinity’ is pushing RBI toward strengthening the rupee

RBI has signalled that letting rupee strengthen is least bad option as economy shifts from being a global growth hotspot to a Covid hotbed.

Is the Indian rupee overvalued?

From being Asia’s worst performing currency, Indian rupee turned on its head weeks before 2019 elections and further appreciated after BJP’s victory.

Unwise decision by RBI to delay inevitable rate hike

It was up to RBI to try and undo the damage of New Delhi’s loose talk on the rupee. And the RBI blew it.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.