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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of Mauritius (BOM) have inked a groundbreaking agreement to establish a framework fostering the use of the Indian Rupee and the Mauritian Rupee in cross-border transactions.The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra and BOM Governor Rama Krishna Sithanen G C S K, was exchanged in a ceremony attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Port Louis on March 12, 2025.The MoU aims to facilitate invoicing and payment in domestic...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank on Monday said India's bilateral trade transactions with Maldives may also be settled in INR and/or MVR in addition to the ACU mechanism. Asian Clearing Union (ACU) is a payment arrangement whereby the participants settle payments for intra-regional transactions among the participating central banks on a net multilateral basis. The participants include central banks and the monetary authorities of Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between RBI and Maldives Monetary Authority in November...