Guwahati: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take into account putting the likenesses of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi on Indian banknotes in order to “better the economic status of the country.”
“Today, I make a plea to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the federal government. Gandhi Ji’s picture should be on Indian money, while Shri Ganesh Ji and Lakshmi Ji’s picture should be on the opposite side.”
“As I already stated, we must work very hard to improve our nation’s economic situation. We also need the blessings of the Gods and Goddesses to go along with that. If there is a picture of Gandhi Ji on one side of the currency notes and Ganesh Ji and Lakshmi Ji on the other, the entire nation will be blessed “As Kejriwal stated 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 on 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 also weakened and just touched new record lows while the US dollar strengthened against key global currencies over the past several weeks.