Rajya Sabha

August 2, 2022

Luizinho Faleiro’s Supplementary Question on ways to arrest the collapse of the rupee

Luizinho Faleiro’s Supplementary Question on ways to arrest the collapse of the rupee

Mr. Vice-Chairman, Sir, I appreciate the reply given. But, the fact is for the last six months, the rupee has depreciated 28 times by 34 per cent. I was reading today’s newspaper which says it will further depreciate. And, the fact is that the foreign exchange reserve has declined to US dollar 572 billion by mid-July because of pressure of costly imports of crude oil, coal, gold, etc. This is having a very bad effect on the economy. Can the hon. Minister assure us that something will be done immediately to arrest the collapse of the rupee?