Patel maintained that the value of rupee is determined by the market forces and the RBI does not have any "target or band" around any particular level of the exchange rate
Increase in short-term external commercial borrowings or FII exposure "could lead to further worsening of vulnerability ratios and the global investors might actually take this negatively", it warned
A sharp uptick in the US dollar demand amid rising prospect of Fed rate hike by the end of this year along with exodus of capital outflows were the trigger points exerting pressure on the rupee