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Central Government permits Sri Lanka to hold $10K worth of rupees in cash

29 Nov 2022 , 09:57 AM

Sri Lankans can now hold $10,000 worth of the Indian rupee (INR) in a physical form, though the INR would not be legal tender in Sri Lanka, after India approved a Sri Lankan request to designate the INR as the foreign currency.
This will provide the Sri Lanka much needed liquidity support to help it tide over its economic crisis amid inadequate dollar liquidity.
The decision is also in accordance with the Indian government’s efforts to popularize the Indian Rupee among Asian nations and reduce dollar dependence.

Sri Lankan residents will now be able to convert the INR into another currency and to enable this, Sri Lankan banks must sign an agreement with an Indian bank to open “INR nostro accounts” which means the accounts that banks hold in a foreign currency in another bank.

Another important development is that offshore banking units (OBU) of Lankan banks have been permitted to accept savings, time and demand deposits from non-residents.

According to the media reports, all current account transactions including exports, imports, and remittances can be undertaken between Lankan residents and non-residents. Transactions between Sri Lankans can only be done through banking channels and only for permitted activities, bankers said. While this arrangement was approved by India a few months ago, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was yet to notify the rupee as a designated foreign currency.

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  • India Rupee
  • Indian Government
  • INR
  • Sri Lankan Government
  • US dollar
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