India’s External Affairs Minister Shuns BRICS Currency Talks, Prioritizes Rupee’s Strength Instead


India’s External Affairs Minister Shuns BRICS Currency Talks, Prioritizes Rupee's Strength InsteadMembers of the BRICS alliance are meeting at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August, focusing attention on the potential for the BRICS bloc to create a gold-backed reserve currency. However, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, said India isn’t interested in issuing a common BRICS currency. Instead, he said India is more concerned […]