At a recent trading session on the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, the Indian rupee depreciated to a one-year low of 56.58 against the dollar. The decline in rupee against the dollar is attributed to the demand for the greenback from importers. Also, the concerns highlighted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Gove
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External debt expands 8.9% between March and December 2012
A government statement showed that the country's total external debt rose $30.8 billion or 8.9 percent to $376.3 billion as of December 31, 2012 from $345.5 billion at end-March 2012. The rise in the external debt is attributed to long-term and short-term components of debt. While trade related credits increased short-term debt of the country, long-term debt rose mainly on account of NRI deposits and c