By Facebook user Phillip Ang made a post on Tuesday (24 Jan 2023) pointing out that the Indian Rupee (INR) has hit a new low against the Sing Dollar (SGD).
“It has been making record lows almost every month in 2022,” noted Phillip. “At the current rate of decline, will it not become banana money in the next 6 decades?”
Currently, 1 INR is trading at 0.016 SGD, or to put it in another way, 1 SGD is trading at 61.88 INR.
“The currency of a country as corrupt as India has only one way to go: Down,” quipped Phillip. So, even if the value of an investment in India in INR had remained the same since June 2005, in SGD terms, that investment would have still suffered 60% losses due to the INR-SGD forex exchange loss.
In fact, Phillip’s research also showed that the Indian Rupee has been suffering from free fall since six decades ago in the 60s:
Phillip then asked a pertinent question, “Why would Temasek and GIC be investing increasing billions in a err … corrupt country?”
Making an oblique reference to the recent Keppel fiasco, Phillip questioned further, “Won’t corruption cases be too complex for CPIB to handle?”
According to Transparency International, an NGO which works closely with the UN, 89% of people thinks government corruption is a big problem in India while 39% of Indian public service users have paid a bribe in the country in the past 12 months.