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Regionalisation of the Indian Rupee
Vanshika Saraf, Anupam Manur
This paper examines the strategic, institutional, and economic rationale for advancing rupee regionalisation in the Indian subcontinent. In a region marked by geographic proximity but underdeveloped trade and financial linkages, the persistent reliance on the US dollar for cross-border transactions introduces avoidable costs, currency mismatches, and systemic vulnerabilities. By promoting the Indian rupee (INR) as a regional settlement and invoicing currency, India can help enhance transactional efficiency and assert greater regional monetary leadership.
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