Full rupee convertibility needed to make India top economy - Sinha

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India needs to move towards full capital account convertibility to become a leading global economy, junior finance minister Jayant Sinha told reporters on Wednesday.

Asia's third-largest economy currently places restrictions of converting the rupee into other currencies and vice versa.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Writing by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)