In a bid to help stabilize the depreciating rupee and enhance bilateral trade, India and Japan have signed a $15 billion currency swap agreement. The agreement is expected to strengthen the rupee, which has been Asia’s worst performing currency this year due to various global and domestic factors. The Japanese yen has also been unstable on the back of unsure global outlook.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda decided to enhance the earlier bilateral currency swap arrangement from $3 billion to $15 billion, which had expired in June. Further the two leaders expressed hope that the enhancement will further strengthen financial cooperation, contribute to ensuring financial market stability and further develop growing economic and trade ties between the countries.
The move comes at a time when there have been growing concerns about foreign institutional investors (FIIs) pulling out of the Indian market, on the back of slowing economy growth, high inflation and decelerating industrial output.
Moreover, the two leaders also decided to speed up efforts by the relevant authorities for an early realization of some projects including seawater desalination at Dahej, a microgrid system using large-scale photo-voltaic power generation at Neemrana, gas-fired independent power producer in Maharashtra, and improve infrastructure such as ports, industrial parks and their surrounding facilities in Ennore, Chennai and the adjoining areas.
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