The Gulf rupee was introduced by the Indian government in 1959 as a replacement for the Indian rupee, for circulation exclusively outside the country.

A depreciated rupee should help revive Indian exports and lift growth.

And the Indian government played a large part in fueling rupee appreciation by easing companies ability to borrow abroad.

At the time, the Indian rupee was pegged to the British pound at a rate of 13⅓ rupees 1 pound.

As of 29 January 2014 the South African rand, United States dollar, Australian dollar, Indian rupee, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen are all legal tender in Zimbabwe.

PRINCETON The Indian rupee has weakened rapidly in recent months, with the exchange rate against the US dollar dropping by 11 , to around 60 rupees, since early May.

History In the beginning to the middle of the 20th century, the Indian rupee was extensively used as currency in the countries of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.

On 6 June 1966, India devalued the rupee.

The rupee was the currency of Afghanistan until 1925.

With an overvalued rupee, there are no good policy choices.

History The Dinar was introduced into circulation in 1932, by replacing the Indian Rupee, which had been the official currency since the British occupation of the country in World War I, at a rate of 1 Dinar 11 rupees.

Amid weakening competitiveness, the rupee was propped up by increasingly unstable foreign sources of funds.

To dampen the additional inflationary pressures implied by a weaker rupee, more aggressive fiscal retrenchment is needed. Even so, a depreciated rupee will increase the burden of repaying foreign debt, and deepen the woes of domestic companies and banks.

Yes, India s economy has slowed sharply, the rupee has plunged, and scandals and protests dominate the headlines.

To dampen the additional inflationary pressures implied by a weaker rupee, more aggressive fiscal retrenchment is needed.

In 1951, the rupee was replaced by the East African shilling which was on par with the shilling sterling.

Even so, a depreciated rupee will increase the burden of repaying foreign debt, and deepen the woes of domestic companies and banks.

Not much more was required to dampen foreign investors enthusiasm for the India story, with the rupee falling significantly in recent weeks.

Indian blogger Deepankar Basu wrote on the indian economic website Sanhati

The International Monetary Fund, which now supports selective imposition of capital controls, seems unconcerned the rupee, its annual review concludes, is fairly valued.

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CA But if it's a 3,000 rupee, 70 dollar bribe, what fee would you have to charge, and can you actually make the business work?

To reduce the strain put on India's foreign reserves by gold smuggling caused by this external use of the rupee, a separate currency was created.

He worked to expand the league, reducing the cost of membership to two annas (⅛ of a rupee), half of what it cost to join the Congress.

The liberalization of the Indian economy, and of the Indian political mind, has proved irreversible.

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About 40,000 of the Indian prisoners of war subsequently joined the Japanese sponsored Indian National Army.

India, for example, has eschewed currency intervention thus far, even while opening up to long term rupee debt inflows, in an attempt to finance much needed infrastructure projects.

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That is an Indian record.

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Botswana's Indian population is made up of many Indian Africans of several generations, from Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius, South Africa, and so on, as well as first generation Indian immigrants.

Indian English is the group of English dialects, or regional language varieties, spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent.

Selling five rupee sachets of shampoo to poor consumers is considered clever marketing, but lending 5,000 rupees to a starving peasant at high interest rates is viewed as exploitative.

Frugal innovation pervades the Indian economy.