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Saturday, August 9, 2025
TopicIndian Rupee

Topic: Indian Rupee

Modi govt & RBI should allow rupee to fall, not lose nerve by the fear-mongering

The rupee's current rout can be seen more as an overdue recalibration than a flash in the pan.

India’s economic woes increase as declining rupee adds the burden of short-term foreign debts

With the currency losing more than 11 per cent to the dollar, India will need to pay an extra $9.5 billion when repaying the short-term debts.

Rupee has become hostage to oil price as India’s crude import bill surges

India's crude import bill has jumped 76% in July, pushing up dollar demand & forcing analysts to revise their Rupee forecasts.

More pain in store for rupee as India braces for external headwinds

While foreign currency debt has zoomed, various external vulnerability indicators paint a rather mixed picture, according to RBI's annual report.

Chidambaram blames rise in petrol, diesel prices on excessive taxes by the central govt

The former finance minister demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the Goods and Services Tax immediately.

Rising oil prices and the impending general elections leave little hope for India’s plummeting rupee

The weakened rupee, Asia's worst performing currency, is prompting foreigners to sell their Indian assets. 

Petrol and diesel prices peak due to falling rupee and rising oil prices

Petrol price in Delhi rose to a record Rs 79.15 a litre and diesel climbed to a fresh high of Rs 71.15.

Highest number of Indian bonds sold in seven months, but inflow fails to rescue rupee

A rout in emerging-market currencies, high oil prices and fears of fiscal slippage before 2019 general election have made weakened the rupee.

More risks than rewards seen for Indian economy after record GDP growth

High oil prices, emerging market stress & policy paralysis ahead of polls mean the economy isn't out of the woods yet.

Rupee drops past 71 to a dollar, biggest monthly fall in 3 years

With weakening developing-market currencies and elevated oil prices, rupee has fallen by over 10% this year, making it Asia’s worst performer.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.