Will India go back to 1991 situation?

Suggest some measure to rescue the economy from its

current state of economic turmoil (To increase the rupee value)
India's present situation of rapid fall in rupee value is caused by
ersistent inflation of past fe! years
"igh current account deficit of about #$%billion (&'%( of )*)
1991 situation
Western economies were stronger and looking forward to deepen the process of
economic globalisation
Big bang reforms like LPG worked for India
+,1- situation
Maor !"#$ economies are looking much more inward to stabili%e their economy
&egative impact of global financial crisis began to affect the emerging nations like India'
(fter )*+*,e-cess li.uidity flowing from west caused the
/igh international oil prices and commodity
India's mismanage of supply of key resources such as .and/ 0oal/ Iron ore, #ritical
food items
(ll these problems had created India to face the
"igh inflation
.o! gro!th
1ulging 02*
3ey difference bet!een 1991 4 +,1- are
2vailabilty of global financial inflo!s to India during +00+ and )*+1
5S federal reserve !ithdra!l of li.uidity
India needs to understand6
#heap financial capital inflowing from the west is double edged weapon if not used
udiciously to enhance productivity of domestic economy it leads to e7ternal debt trap'
(s said before, present situation of the India's economy is different from +00+ situation' 2o India
will never go back to +00+ situation because India3s fundamentals of economy are stronger'
8easures to revive Indian economy (To increase the rupee value)
1' To contain 02*6
By discouraging imports and supporting e-ports'
Large amount of #($ is caused by import of coal 45+6 billion7 8 It can be reduced by
increasing domestic coal production because India is having largest coal reserves in (sia'
+' 9educing subsidies6
9eduction in the government consumption : subsidies and a loosening of monetary policy
to increase government saving
-' Import oil from Iran6
Increase oil imports from Iran as we can pay in rupees'
&' *ollar S!ap facility to oil companies6
9BI has to give direct access to large dollar buying oil companies 8to bypass the spot
market
%' 0orrecting non:oil trade deficit6
India's biggest trading partner #hina accounts for half of the non8oil trade deficit'
;his can be offset by capital inflows from #hina into India's infrastructure, such as metro
or road proects'
<' ;ncouraging 0apital Inflo!s
9BI has removed administrative restrictions on investment schemes offered by banks to
non8resident Indians, and removed ceiling on interest rates on deposit accounts held by
&9Is'
9BI increased the current overseas borrowing limit for banks from 6*= to +**=, and
allowed it to be converted into rupees and hedged with the 9BI at concessional rate'
9BI also allowed banks to swap fresh &9I dollar deposits with a minimum duration of 1
years with the 9BI'
<' Strong push to e7ports6
Widening the focus market and focus product scheme'
India's iron ore e-port can be restored to more than 5+* billion
annually'
$' Selling of gold bonds
2ell a gold bond with a five year maturity , which can act as a gold
substitute ust like >isan ?ikas Patras
9' International 0ooperation
Government increased its currency swap limit with @apan from
A2$+6 billion to A2$6* billion'
1,' =ational manufacturing policy
To increase the sectoral share of manufacturing in GOP to at least 25% by 2022
To increase the rate of job creation so as to create 100 million additional jobs by
2022;
Industrial tonshi!s called "ational In#estment and $anufacturing %ones &"I$%s'
"ffective and rapid implementation of &MP is necessary at this stage to enhance the economic
situation'
by 2A;/(& 2'P
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;he /indu editorial
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