Recently Government of India has doubled the import duty on gold. What impact is it likely to have on foreign exchange rate and how?
CBSE DELHI - SET 1 2014
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Increasing import duty on gold will make imports of gold costly. It will reduce demand for import of gold and consequently of foreign exchange. Supply of foreign exchange remaining unchanged, price of foreign exchange is likely to fall.
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