: the basic monetary unit of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka see Money Table
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The brokerage said in a note on Thursday that if oil prices remain around $90 per barrel to $100 per barrel, fuel prices could rise by 5 rupees per liter to 10 rupees per liter, which alone can lead to an impact of up to 50 basis points on consumer inflation.
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Low-income households will continue to receive a 300-rupee subsidy on LPG, but will still pay 60 rupees more per cylinder, pushing the price to 613 rupees a bottle, a government official said.
—Swati Gupta, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
When payments did at last flow to Chagossian families, their value was much corroded by the inflation of the Mauritian rupee.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Essential goods strain meager household budgets, with consumers paying around 363 Pakistani rupees for a dozen eggs or 2,186 Pakistan rupees for a kilogram of wheat flour, according to economic data firm CEIC Data, citing 2025 figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Low-income households will continue to receive a 300-rupee subsidy on LPG, but will still pay 60 rupees more per cylinder, pushing the price to 613 rupees a bottle, a government official said.
—Swati Gupta, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
When payments did at last flow to Chagossian families, their value was much corroded by the inflation of the Mauritian rupee.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Essential goods strain meager household budgets, with consumers paying around 363 Pakistani rupees for a dozen eggs or 2,186 Pakistan rupees for a kilogram of wheat flour, according to economic data firm CEIC Data, citing 2025 figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Rupee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rupee. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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