The RBI should also reduce the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to ensure enough liquidity
The swap arrangement is 50 percent higher than what it was the last time in 2013. The agreement was reached after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Yamanashi for the 13th India-Japan annual summit on October 28.
However, there is a difference of opinion. Exporters want currency swap with nations with high trade deficit while industry bodies and banks are looking for a balanced trade criteria.
The Indian and Japan government last year had announced the swap worth USD 15 billion, which was today enhanced to USD 30 billion today in the G-20 summit.
A proposal to enhance currency swap facility, to double it or even take it to USD 35 billion is likely to be discussed
India needs to "seriously" look at currency swap arrangements with various important trading partners with a view to stabilise the domestic currency, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said on Tuesday.
The Reserve Bank of India signed a currency swap agreement with Bank of Japan to swap their local currencies against the US dollar for up to USD 15 billion, a statement said on Tuesday.
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India and Japan are negotiating a new currency swap agreement ahead of a visit to New Delhi by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda this week, a foreign ministry official said.