Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take into account putting the images of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi on Indian currency notes in order to “improve the economic status of the country.”
“Today I appeal to the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the Indian currency there is a photo of Gandhi ji. Let that be. On the other side of the currency, a photo of Shri Ganesh Ji and Lakshmi ji should be put. “As I said, we have to make a lot of effort to improve the economic situation of our country. But also with that, we need blessings from the gods and goddesses. The whole country will get blessings if on currency notes, there is a photo of Ganesh Ji and Lakshmi Ji on one side and Gandhi Ji on the other side,” Kejriwal said in his address.
“If Indonesia can do it; choose Ganesh Ji, so can we… I will write to the centre tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to appeal for it. We need the almighty’s blessings apart from the efforts to settle the economic condition of the country,” Kejriwal said.
The Indonesian 20,000 rupiah note has a picture of Lord Ganesha.
India’s foreign exchange reserves dropped by USD 4.5 billion from the previous week to a more than two-year low of USD 528.367 billion for the week ending October 14.
According to figures from the RBI, the nation’s foreign exchange reserves were worth USD 532.868 billion in the previous week.
The largest component of India’s foreign exchange reserves, its foreign currency assets, decreased by USD 2.828 billion to USD 468.668 billion during the course of the week, according to statistics from the RBI.
During the week, the value of gold reserves fell by USD 1.5 billion, to USD 37.453 billion.
According to the RBI data, the value of India’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) with the IMF decreased by USD 149 million to USD 17.433 billion during the week under review. The reserves have been declining for several months as a result of the RBI’s anticipated market intervention to protect the weakening rupee against an advancing US currency.
For the record, the Indian rupee has fallen in recent weeks to reach brand-new record lows as the US dollar has risen against key world currencies.
