Mumbai, March 18 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of Mauritius (BoM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishing a framework to promote the use of local currencies, viz., the Indian Rupee (INR) and the Mauritian Rupee (MUR) for cross-border transactions.
The MoU was signed by the Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Sanjay Malhotra and the Governor, Bank of Mauritius, Dr. Rama Krishna Sithanen G.C.S.K. The MoU documents were exchanged in Port Louis, Mauritius in the presence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Mauritius last week.
The MoU aims to promote the use of INR and MUR in bilateral trade. The MoU covers all current account transactions and permissible capital account transactions...