The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan expressed need for India to match China in accumulating foreign exchange reserves. RBI’s Governor has asserted that the economy cannot be said to be insulated from external shocks, unless foreign domestic exchange reserves rise to the level of China.
Raghuram Rajan stressed that India’s current level of forex reserves are probably not enough to feel safe. Presently, the central bank has $300 billion foreign reserves whereas China's foreign exchange reserves stood at staggering $3.66 trillion as of end 2013, making it the largest in the world. Since Raghuram Rajan assumed office on September 4, the RBI reserve has increased by $25 billion to $300 billion as of March 31. The reserves had surged to an all-time high of $322 billion in September 2011.
The Governor further emphasized that the central bank's intervention in the foreign exchange market is only to curb volatility caused by the higher inflows or outflows and to intervene perfectly the central bank need plenty of reserves. Besides building forex reserves, there is also need to focus on creating policy environment which boosts investor confidence adding that RBI has been taking measures to boost confidence.
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