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title: Keep your dollars
date: "2002-08-16T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1232
description: I highlight a policy change allowing dollar earners in India to retain their foreign currency, noting the strategic timing of this move as the US dollar depreciates against the rupee according to current exchange trends.
keywords: [foreign currency accounts, usdinr, india, exchange rate, finance, banking]
---

Now, if you earn dollars, you can [keep the dollars](http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=19176178). Interesting that this move comes at just the time when [the dollar is falling](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=USDINR=X&d=c&t=3m).