While the free-fall in the rupee threatens to worsen India's economic fundamentals by widening the trade deficit and stoking inflation, the country's citizens living overseas aren't sweating it.
In fact, many opportunistic Indians working abroad are rushing to transfer money back home in order to take advantage of the never-before-seen weakness in the currency.
"I just sent 10 percent of my savings back to India this morning. I'm going to use the money in India when I retire, so I want to make use of the exchange rate so there's more in my bank balance when I go home," said Vinod Joseph, a 65-year-old Indian national working at a shipping firm in Singapore. "I definitely plan to send more, I'm just waiting to see how much weaker it will get."
"I understand from friends that some Indians are even borrowing money in Singapore to take advantage of the exchange rate, and send money home," he added.
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The rupee, which hit a fresh record low on Tuesday, falling to 63.70 against the greenback, has been one of the worst performing currencies this year, declining 15 percent against the U.S. dollar since the start of 2013. This is 63 percent lower than highs of 39 seen in late-2007.
The currency has been a target of heavy selling since the escalation of concerns over the Federal Reserve tapering its bond buying and because of worries over the India's large current account deficit.
Overseas remittances are an important part of the country's economy, say economists, with the country receiving $33 billion in workers remittances in the fiscal year ending March 2013, according to HSBC.
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