In Lebanon, where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging recently, more than 300 Syrian refugees returned to Syria in a convoy earlier this week.
Soros did say that Putin's intervention in the Syrian chemical weapons crisis has "paid off, but he can't really convert it into a real change in Russia's standing in the world without dealing with the humanitarian issue [in Syria]."
The move comes in the wake of a nearly 25 percent fall in the rupee against the dollar and a recent 6.9 percent hike in aviation turbine fuel
Global strengthening of the US dollar, Syrian crisis and high crude oil prices will be putting pressure on the Indian rupee in the early hours of trade on Wednesday.
US President Barack Obama will press Vladimir Putin over Russia's role in the Syrian crisis when they meet on Monday.