In a move to contain the widening current account deficit (CAD) of the country, the oil ministry has worked out a plan to renew imports from sanctions-hit Iran, where India pays in rupees and will save $22 billion in the oil import bill. As per the current scenario, 10 million tonnes oil imports from Iran can save $10 billion in foreign exchange outgo. In the last fiscal, India had imported only 13.1 million tonnes of oil from Iran, which was 18.11 million tonnes of 2011-12.
In India, around 80 percent of the total crude oil demand is met through the imports, which has become one of the components responsible for high CAD. India's CAD rose to record high of $88.2 billion or 4.8 percent of the GDP in the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, India did not import oil from Iran in first four months of the current fiscal as the US and western sanctions blocked all payment routes as India pays Iran in rupees. Presently, India is discussing with Iraq the possibility of trade in local currencies in the view of the current volatility of the rupee against the dollar. Further, the move would also help insulate India's oil imports from Iraq.
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