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inance Minister P. Chidambaram today said government will not need additional borrowings in this current fiscal. He told reporters outside Parliament that government had budgeted market borrowing at 5.7 lack crore rupees in the current financial year to bridge the expenditure- revenue gap. Earlier, Mr. Chidambaram had said that the fiscal deficit may go upto 5.3 percent of the GDP as against budget estimate of 5.1 percent for the current financial year.

The head of the International Monetary Fund is in Egypt to discuss an urgently-needed financial aid package for the country's struggling economy. Christine Lagarde will meet President Mohammed Mursi and his new cabinet. The Egyptian Finance Minister Mumtaz al-Said has said Cairo will be looking for a loan of 4.8 billion dollar, up from the 3.2 billion dollar that has been mooted since last year. It is needed to cover budget deficits resulting from shrinking tourism and foreign investment revenues. Egypt's foreign reserves have fallen to well under half the levels seen before last year's popular uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak, when the central bank started to sell dollars to prop up(सहायता देना)the Egyptian pound. The government is facing a balance of payments crisis and high borrowing costs.


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that it could do little to arrest the fall of rupee if the decline was caused by fundamental weakness of the economy or due to global factors.

Speaking to reporters in Mumbai on Friday, RBI Deputy Governor KC Chakrabarty said in such a case, RBI could only take more calibrated steps in the forex market.

As a measure to contain dollar demand and help support the rupee, Mr. Chakrabarty also hinted at opening a separate window for oil companies. He also said the Government must address trade deficit issues if the fall of the rupee is due to weak fundamentals.

Talking about the forthcoming mid-quarter review of the monetary policy slated for June 18, Mr. Chakrabarty said if inflation came down, interest rate would also come down too. 

On the highly disappointing GDP numbers, he warned saying if corrective measures were not taken soon, GDP would fall further.

Meanwhile, RBI on Friday launched the 28th round of the 'Inflation Expectations Survey of Households'.

The three-month study will seek qualitative responses from 4,000 households across 12 cities on price changes and inflation expectations. 

The survey results are used as one of the important inputs for monetary policy formulation.

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