India should let the rupee slide gradually

India should let the rupee slide gradually India should let the rupee slide gradually

Ritesh Kumar Singh is founder and chief executive of policy research and advisory company Indonomics Consulting in New Delhi.

The Indian rupee is in free fall. Since Jan. 8, 2022, it has lost a whopping 17% against the U.S. dollar. In the last four months, it has shed almost 4%, despite a massive $79 billion in support from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central bank.