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Thursday, 31 May 2012

BRICS nations sign pacts to trade in local currency

            5 Banks of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) inked 2 pacts:-
1. Master Agreement on Extending Credit Facility in Local Currency;
2. BRICS Multilateral Letter of Credit Confirmation Facility Agreement


This is a combined attempt to address with problems of a jolting world economy hit by sovereign debt crisis in many European countries and protectionist propensities of some developed countries.
The participating banks included:
1. Export Import Bank of India
2. Banco Nacional de Desenvolimento Economico e Social of Brazil
3. State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs of Russia
4. China Development Bank
5. Development Bank of South Africa.
Objective:
  • To tackle the demand for fully convertible currencies for transactions among BRICS nations, and thus aid in reducing the transaction costs of intra-BRICS trade.
  • To promote intra-BRICS Trade. Expanding intra-BRICS trade from the current $230 billion (about Rs ,50,000 crore) to $500 billion (about Rs 25,00,000 crore) by 2015.
  • To enhance cooperation among the Development Banks of BRICS.
BRICS Development Bank
Suggestion made to set up a BRICS Development Bank. The proposal on the BRICS Development Bank formed part of the Summit’s Delhi Declaration.

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