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Rajan says bringing down inflation would help stabilise rupee

New Delhi

The Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday bringing down inflation would help stabilise the rupee, while adding he welcomed government efforts to boost economic growth through structural reforms.

"Sustained rupee rate can be achieved by bringing down inflation, " Rajan said during an appearance with industrialists in New Delhi.

The RBI had delivered a larger-than-expected 50 basis points rate cut in September, for a total of 125 bps so far this year, but has called on the government to continue pursuing structural reforms to bring down inflation and boost growth.

The RBI governor also reiterated his concerns over the spillover impact of the ultra-loose monetary policies of advanced economies while noting there was a vacuum in global governance that could help monitor these types of actions.

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Govt looks at more taxes, dividends to meet fiscal deficit target

The Goan Network
Published Nov 9, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
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New Delhi Government is likely to step up efforts to mop up additional resources by hiking duties and seeking higher dividends from PSUs to make up for the anticipated shortfall in disinvestment and direct tax proceeds in its bid to meet the fiscal deficit target. The Finance Ministry had last week raised excise duty on petrol by Rs 1.60 per litre and the same on diesel by 40 paise, which is expected to fetch the exchequer an additional revenue of about Rs 3,200 crore during…

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