The government of India today said it will introduce a digital rupee — a central bank digital currency — in the year starting April 2022. The move was announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. With this, India has become one of the few countries in the world to announce a date for the introduction of […]
India’s finance minister Piyush Goel has blamed international factors for the current decline in the rupee’s value against the dollar, and said India’s financial situation is much improved from the UPA days. “All our macro economic indicators are strong,” Goyal said. “But on the international scene, there have been announcements on oil and on Iran, […]
The Indian rupee is likely to give up some of the gains it has made in recent weeks going forward, Angel Broking said, adding that the currency is likely to move towards the 65.30 level against the US dollar. The rupee has risen around 5% in the last six months due to various factors, including […]
Indian apparel makers have sought government intervention to stabilize the rupee, which has been rising in recent months, in stark contrast to the situation in other countries that compete with India in exporting garments. “Other countries started taking recourse to depreciating their respective currencies during the last one-and-a-half years, whereas Indian Rupee got appreciated,” complained […]
Riding on huge expectations from the incoming Modi Government, global investors are gung ho on the Indian economy which is expected to see a doubling of foreign investment inflows- including FDI and FIIs- to above USD 60 billion in the current financial year than about USD 29 billion in the fiscal 2013-14, an ASSOCHAM study […]
