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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicIndian Rupee

Topic: Indian Rupee

Why Nepal wants high-denomination Indian bills as legal tender in the country

Nepal has requested the RBI to allow the use of Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 banknotes in the country.

Modi govt nudged RBI for ‘shagun’ notes – Easing Hindu practices or irrational economics?

Before its disruptive demonetisation exercise in 2016, the Narendra Modi government was thinking of introducing bank notes of Rs 11 and Rs 21—denominations that are widely used for ‘shagun’ at weddings or other auspicious occasions.

Modi staying away from Parliament amounts to political obscenity

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Before demonetisation, Modi govt nudged RBI to introduce ‘shagun’ Rs 11, Rs 21 bank notes

The proposal, however, was given a silent burial after RBI raised objections and the government turned its attention to demonetisation.

India stops printing Rs 2,000 note, two years after its shock launch

The Modi government suspects the Rs 2,000 note is being used for hoarding, tax evasion and money laundering.

Tumbling oil prices have delivered an early Christmas present to India’s currency market

Rupee on course for its best quarter since March 2017.

Rupee plunges to 72.42 per US dollar amid Urjit Patel exit, election trends

Sensex tanks over 500 points, Nifty falls below 10,400. Analysts say currency fall is a knee-jerk reaction. Indian assets declined as investors reacted to the...

PM attacks Raj Babbar for comparing sliding rupee to his mother’s age

Narendra Modi hits out at Babbar, says people resort to abuse when they don't have issues to talk about.

India may allow some imports from China to be settled in yuan

The plan would enable direct convertibility between the rupee and yuan and will help cut transaction and hedging costs.

Sinking rupee bigger worry for top debt underwriter than Modi govt missing deficit target

With US Fed expected to continue tightening cycle & polls due in India, global funds may not be keen to invest in Indian assets.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

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.