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India wants to promote rupee trade settlement to help partner facing hard currency shortage: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Economic Times 1 hr ago·16 Oct 2026, 8:44 am

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India is promoting rupee and local-currency trade settlements to help countries facing hard-currency shortages continue importing essential goods. She said geopolitical tensions and economic downturns have pushed several nations into debt and balance-of-payments crises.

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