The Indian government has approved infrastructure projects worth
1.83tn rupees ($28.4bn; £17.7bn) to revive the economy and boost the falling
rupee.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said 36 stalled
projects in oil, gas, power, road and railways sectors were cleared.
"The message we are sending is that the
investment cycle has restarted, and we are pushing it," he said.
The announcement came on a day the rupee hit a new
record low, touching 65.6 against the US dollar.
Recent attempts to reduce volatility in currency
markets have so far failed to have any result.
The finance minister told reporters on Tuesday that
the rupee had "overshot its true level", but said that India was not
the only country facing problems.
"As I said in parliament, every emerging market
is challenged today. So India is also challenged, and the impact is felt both
on the equity market as well as the currency market," news agency Reuters
quoted him as saying.
"I think we'll simply have to be patient, be
firm, do whatever is required to be done, and the rupee will find its
appropriate level.
"What I said a few days ago, I still maintain
it. The rupee has overshot its true level, it's undervalued.
"Others have confirmed it. And we have to be
patient and we have to be firm and we have to do what requires to be
done," he said. Read more:
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