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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently raised currency derivative trade limit to how much amount for residents and foreign portfolio investors? [Feb 2018]

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$150 million
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$200 million
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$50 million
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$100 million
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The correct option is D $100 million
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised exposure limit under Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives (ETCD) trading for residents and foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to 100millionacrossallcurrencypairsinvolvingtheIndianrupee.TheRBIsdecisiontoraisethelimitwillhelpentitiesengagedinforextransactionstomaintaintheircurrencyrisksinabettermanner.TheETCDisafinancialinstrumentthattradesonaregulatedexchange,andwhosevalueisbasedonthevalueofanotherasset.Thesearederivativesthataretradedinaregulatedfashion.Thesederivativescanbeusedtohedgeexposureorspeculateonawiderangeoffinancialassetslikecommodities,equities,currencies,andeveninterestrates.Earlier,theRBIhadimposedalimitof15 million for USD-INR and $5 million for other currency pairs of Indian rupee with Euro, Japanese Yen and British Pound.

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