Birth of the international rupee?

We doubt the RBI’s new mechanism to allow international trade to be settled in rupees will see widespread use. One area where it may see some use is in trade with Russia - a rupee settlement mechanism may prove useful if Indian firms’ access to rubles is disrupted. But it still wouldn’t provide a workaround for Western sanctions.

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