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Rupee devaluation harmful for India’s long term interest: Goyal
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Devaluation of currency to boost exports would not be in the nation’s interest in the long run, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He pointed out that rupee devaluation could create inflationary pressures through costlier imports, pushing up interest cost and making products uncompetitive as India is largely import-dependent for raw materials.

 

The minister said that it was important for India to expand exports significantly and encourage investments to increase foreign exchange inflows into the country

 

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