Neither govt nor RBI has drawn any red line on Indian Rupee: Montek Singh

26 Aug 2013 Evaluate

Amidst mounting concerns over Rupee’s perilous slide, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said neither government nor Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has drawn any red line on the definite value of the Indian rupee, which he felt has over depreciated.

According to Ahluwalia, the steps taken by the RBI, including control of capital transfers, have been misconstrued by the market-participants. Earlier, RBI Governor-designate Raghuram Rajan and Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram too had ruled out bringing back capital controls.

Further, dismissing the possibility of India going to IMF for funds, Ahluwalia underscored that scale of facility the country would need to get from IMF would be very small compared to the (foreign exchange) reserves that the country has.

Additionally, Ahluwalia backed the use of foreign exchange reserves as a measure to limit the current account deficit (CAD). The government aims to cut it down to $ 70 billion, or 3.7 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this fiscal. According to Ahluwalia, the CAD would be lower than previous fiscal’s figure of  4.8% of the GDP on account of reduced gold imports and there would be a slack in demand of petroleum products due to sluggish economic growth.

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