Who publishes this site and how its figures are read

Held at the Door is an independent editorial desk. It is not a broker, not an exchange, not a licensed adviser, and it holds no client money. This page states what the desk measures, how it is measured, and how the site is funded.

The measurement and its sources

The desk measures one thing: the cost of a dollar in rupees at the moment the page is read, against the rate the law uses. The threshold, the rate and the ceiling are quoted from the rule as enacted. The rupee and dollar columns are recalculated at a live rate read from two independent sources. What a bank adds to that rate is not published by any of them, so it is not in this table. The sources are named under every table, with a link, so a reader can check the figure at its publisher.

The reading is republished with the date and the hour it was taken, because a foreign-exchange rate is true only for the instant it is read. A reader who sees an hour can know whether the figure is fresh or stale. The desk checks the two sources at the same time and uses the moment of the check, not the moment of publication. If the sources disagree, the desk takes the newer reading and notes the difference in the source line. The desk cannot promise that a rate shown on this page is the rate a bank will give a customer at the counter, because the bank adds its own margin after the page is published.

The desk and its responsibility

Responsibility sits with the publication's editorial desk: the Held at the Door desk. The desk reads the named public sources each time the page is updated, and it answers corrections sent to [email protected]. The desk has no personal name, no initials, no biography and no credentials, because a measurement is only as good as the sources it names. The desk cannot answer questions about what a bank will charge a reader on a particular day, and it cannot advise on whether to buy or sell dollars.

A correction reaches the desk by email. If a figure is wrong because a source was misread or a rate was mistyped, the desk corrects the figure and dates the correction. The correction is published on the page where the error appeared, below the table, with the date and the hour it was made. The desk does not read personal data out of its hosting provider's technical logs, and it keeps no list of readers. The address exists so that a reader who catches an error can write to the desk without creating an account.

Affiliate Link to FxPro

The site links to one broker, FxPro, through an affiliate link. If a reader opens an account at FxPro after following that link, the desk is paid a commission. The reader pays nothing to this site and nothing extra at the broker. The link is marked as an affiliate link on every page where it appears, including this one. The desk does not receive payment from any other source, and it does not sell subscriptions or accept advertising.

This arrangement does not change what the desk publishes. The figures are read from the same public sources whether or not a reader uses the link. The desk does not promise that FxPro's rates are better than any other broker's rates, and it does not recommend FxPro. The affiliate link is a way to fund the site without charging readers, and it is disclosed here so that a reader can judge the measurement with that fact in view.

What the site does and does not do

Nothing on the site is investment advice, a recommendation or an offer. The figures describe what things cost, not what a reader should do. The site has no accounts, no login, no newsletter and no comment form. It sets no cookie of its own, runs no analytics and stores nothing in the reader's browser. The pages are served by a hosting provider which, like any web host, keeps its own technical request logs; the site's publisher does not read a reader's personal data out of them.

The broker's own site is operated by someone else, under its own terms and its own privacy policy. Following the link leaves this site. The desk is not responsible for what happens on FxPro's pages, and it cannot answer questions about FxPro's services. Writing to the address on the contact page reaches the desk, and corrections are the reason the address exists. A figure that is wrong is corrected and the correction is dated.