Decline in reserves is likely due to RBI intervention, aimed at preventing sharp depreciation of the rupee, which is now at or near its all-time low against the US dollar.
Rupee had a major fall this week, led by strong US macro data, rising crude prices. China's currency moves, Japan’s possible rate hike & domestic growth concerns may maintain pressure.
Many who were so worried about the decline in the rupee over a decade ago are unwilling to speak up. They were tigers when Manmohan Singh was in charge. Now they are mice.
RBI has ensured that $9 billion has been made available at overseas branches of some Indian banks for the country's three state-run refiners to tap, according to sources.
India’s macroeconomic fundamentals continue to remain strong. Going forward, the recent moderation in the international commodity prices should slow down the slump.
RBI hopes to boost forex inflows and stem rupee slump. But rupee likely to remain under pressure amid tighter global financial conditions & interest rate hikes by US Fed.
The Reserve Bank of India has run down its forward-dollar book by $12 billion to $15 billion from about $64 billion at the end of April, according to estimates by DBS Bank Ltd.
By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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