Gold had been a biggest culprit after crude and govt has taken the right steps to clamp on unnecessary import as Indians have a habit of hoarding gold. One can not do much about the crude as economy of a country moves on the oil and this is the reason wars are considered to be fought for only that many days for which a country has crude reserves. The Indian foreign exchange healthy position is a must as it caters for reducing the current account deficit which is (total imports-total exports) and we will have a large current account deficit if total imports is greater than total exports. You can check latest gold tip here and not to forget the Indian current account balance to get a pragmatic view as a nation here.