The International Monetary Fund has decided to give an aid to Greece. Greece, a country that forms a part of the 16 nations Euro-zone is under very debts with paucity of funds to repay those debts. Thus the Euro zone nations have decided to pay a 110 billion Euros($147 billion). But just a minute, a surprising news is that IMF too is going to give a share in this "debt-crisis fund". This is a question of debate as the "article of association" of IMF says that it is an organization that deals only to provide funds to developing nations to undertake various development-oriented projects & schemes.
It also deals & provides aid only in "balance of payment" whereas Greece's problem is a fiscal problem(i.e. incorrect fiscal policies). Here, its as such quite surprising for IMF to lend aid to Greece.
India can surely raise concerns here & question the validity of such a move. The reason for India to raise a concern is that the IMF has funds given by the developing nations too, thus utilizing it for an advanced economy's problem may not be a long-term solution. Still, lets hope it doesn't affect IMF's aids to India & other developing nation.
NOTE: Views here reflect the inputs as published by a leading Economist & a columnist of a daily Eng. newspaper.
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