Rupee Fell to ₹97, Clawed Back to ₹94.5 — The $15.4 billion Oil Bill is Still There
India's crude import bill reached $15.4 billion in September, demonstrating a significant 47% rise in shipments to the country, as the Indian basket averaged $116 per barrel. This report is published on X with the user account being @ayusshsanghi. According to the post, the rupee crumbled to a record low of near ₹97 against the dollar before recovering to range around ₹94.5, a 2.5 rupee round trip in USD/INR that came with an excise duty cut, RBI dollar sales, and a pump-price freeze. However, these numbers are yet to be confirmed by an official news release. These are all user claims. The chain of events it describes is the standard one: a costlier basket lifts the dollar bill, refiners bid for dollars, the currency weakens, the central bank supplies dollars. What needs checking is the size of each step.

















