{
  "id": 14956906,
  "title": "India Working To Expand Rupee Trade To Help Countries Facing Foreign Currency Shortages: Sitharaman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/india-working-to-expand-rupee-trade-to-help-countries-facing-foreign",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T12:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-working-to-expand-rupee-trade-to-help-countries-facing-foreign-currency-shortages-sitharaman"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India is working to expand rupee-based trade settlements to help countries facing foreign currency shortages continue importing essential goods, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Speaking at an Atlantic Council interaction on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Sitharaman highlighted the difficulties faced by economies…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}