India's consumer inflation should ease in the next two months, and will fall to 8 per cent by the end of the year, says RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.
At the bank's current market price, the stake on offer is worth about Rs 5,700 crore
In November, wholesale prices, India's main inflation measure, rose 7.52 percent, their fastest pace in 14 months.
Food prices for consumers last month rose 12.16 per cent from a year earlier, slower than November's 14.72 per cent rise.
Bond yields have risen since the Reserve Bank of India raised interest rates for a second consecutive month on October 29.
The rupee has already shed around 3.3 percent over the last five sessions.
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Imports of gold virtually stopped since July 22 after confusion on the new import rules.
New Reserve Bank of India chief makes his first monetary policy statement on Friday with expectations he may scale back some of the emergency measures that have helped the rupee bounce from a record low.
Of the 52 economists polled, 50 expect the policy repo rate to remain at 7.25 per cent, and 47 of 48 respondents see the cash reserve ratio, or the portion of deposits banks have to maintain with the central bank, unchanged at 4 per cent.
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Food prices for consumers also eased to an annual 11.06 percent in August from 11.24 per cent in July.
On Tuesday, the partially convertible rupee, the worst performing currency among the major global economies, dropped as much as 3.1 percent to 68.12 per dollar.
India's fiscal deficit during the 2012/13 fiscal year ending March fell to 4.9 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, compared with 5.8 percent a year ago.
Investor confidence has evaporated amid fears over the rising cost of funding India's gaping current account deficit, prompting New Delhi to delay plans to raise much-needed funds through partial privatisations, finance ministry sources said.
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The Indian rupee touched record low of 65.52/dollar on Thursday and is down 16 per cent so far this year despite efforts by policymakers to prop it up.
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India has in recent months stepped up enforcement of tax collections as it looks to raise revenue to help plug its widening fiscal deficit.
The Reserve Bank of India announced measures late on Monday to curb the rupee's decline by tightening liquidity.
Media has raised the issues that new pricing to benefit Reliance Industries.
RBI has made it easier for developers to access foreign money to spur low-cost housing projects.
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The rupee had slumped to a record low of 59.9850 rupee to the dollar on Thursday, as the country's record high current account deficit is exacerbating its vulnerability in an emerging market rout.
Rupee, he said, is not in shambles and "we should not be overtly pessimistic".
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