ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A unified single market-determined exchange rate system based on the demand for and supply of foreign exchange replaced the LERMS effective March 1, 1993. The Reserve Bank’s exchange rate policy focusses on ensuring orderly conditions in the foreign exchange market.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since 1993, the Indian rupee (INR) has officially been following a market-determined exchange rate – price is determined by demand for and supply of foreign exchange – with intervention by the Reserve Bank of India from time-to-time.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a floating regime, exchange rates are generally determined by the market forces of supply and demand for foreign exchange. For many years, floating exchange rates have been the regime used by the world’s major currencies – that is, the US dollar, the euro area’s euro, the Japanese yen and the UK pound sterling.

Detailed explanation-4: -Exchange control-The forex market is regulated by the RBI with impregnable exchange control regulations. The RBI does not permit a bank to purchase dollars from the RBI and speculate in the interbank market. Selling these dollars in the overseas cross currency market is prohibited by the central bank.

Detailed explanation-5: -Who are authorized by the Reserve Bank to sell foreign exchange for travel purposes? Ans. Foreign exchange can be purchased from any authorised person, such as an AD Category-I bank and AD Category II. Full-Fledged Money Changers (FFMCs) are also permitted to release exchange for business and private visits.