India's foreign exchange reserves crossed the $84 billion mark following record inflows during the week ending July 18, 2003.
India's foreign exchange reserves continue to scale new heights and crossed the $79 billion mark following inflows of $666 million during the week ending May 17.\n\n\n\n
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $235 million at $75.040 billion during the week ended April 4.
The country's foreign exchange reserves grew by $2.23 billion to $634.96 billion in the week ended January 14, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended January 7, the reserves had declined by $878 million to $632.74 billion. It touched a lifetime high of $642.45 billion in the week ended September 3, 2021.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday pitched for formulating a policy for using the Reserve Bank of India's rising foreign exchange reserves for funding road projects, saying the country needs low cost finance for such infrastructure projects. Addressing a virtual event organised by industry body CII, Gadkari further said that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) should also have a financial arm like the power ministry's Power Finance Corporation (PFC). "We have a surplus of dollar reserves in the country. I have decided to talk with the RBI Governor, about how we can formulate a policy by which we can use this foreign exchange reserves for development of infrastructure in the country," he said.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $1.581 billion to stand at $611.149 billion for the week ended July 23, RBI data showed on Friday. The reserves had reached a lifetime high of $612.730 billion after rising by $835 million in the previous week ended July 16, 2021. In the reporting week, the drop in the reserves was mainly due to a fall in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, as per weekly data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The country's foreign exchange reserves swelled by USD 3.005 billion to a lifetime high of USD 490.044 billion in the week ending May 22, mainly on account of a rise in foreign currency assets, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week, the reserves had increased by USD 1.726 billion to USD 487.04 billion.
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.73 billion for the week ended October 31 to $315.91 billion, show Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data released on Friday, marking one of the sharpest rises ever.
India's foreign exchange reserves showed a marginal rise of $54 million during the week ended September 3 after witnessing a sharp decline of $1.370 billion in the previous week.
Continuing their rising trend, the country's foreign exchange reserves increased by $1.350 billion to touch a record high of $361.601 billion in the week to April 22.
After witnessing only a marginal rise in inflows for three weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $1 billion to $142.54 billion for the week ended April 22, 2005.
Foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves, surged $493.2 million to $282.029 billion for the period under review, Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose to $100.59 billion in the week ended December 26 from $100.04 billion the previous week, according to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released in Mumbai on Saturday.
Gold reserves remained unchanged at $19.943 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserves crossed the $81 billion mark following inflows of $513 million during the week ended May 30.\n\n\n\n
Rise in reserves was predominantly on account of increase in FCAs
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent, marking the first reduction in five years. The central bank also projected GDP growth for fiscal year 2026 at 6.7 percent and inflation to come down to 4.2 percent in FY26 from 4.8 percent in FY25. The RBI said the global economic backdrop remains challenging but the Indian economy continues to remain strong and resilient.
After declining for two consecutive weeks, the country's foreign exchange reserves jumped by $2.294 billion to $316.801 billion on the back of healthy rise in foreign currency assets last week.
In the second consecutive week of an increase in the kitty, India's forex reserves have grown by $2.54 billion to $547.25 billion for the week ended November 18, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall kitty had swelled by $14.72 billion in the highest weekly rise since August 2021 to $544.71 billion. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
The foreign exchange kitty had crossed the half-a-trillion mark for the first time in the week ended June 5, 2020, after it had swelled by $8.223 billion to stand at $501.703 billion.
Country's foreign exchange reserves declined sharply by $3.433 billion to $351.920 billion.
Foreign exchange reserves have hit a fresh high.
India's foreign exchange reserves are at an all-time high.
In response to the panic triggered by Trump's trade policies, the RBI net sold approximately $43 billion in the second half of FY25 to curb volatility, as the rupee plunged to a low of 87.95 per dollar in February this year.
Surging forex reserves, now over $108 billion, have put 'considerable' pressure on the Reserve Bank of India, which finds the existing money control instruments inadequate to manage the capital inflows, according to PNB Gilts.
India's foreign reserves continue to march to record highs, touching USD 393 billion early this month backed by strong foreign portfolio and investment flows, according to Development Bank of Singapore.
Foreign currency assets, a key component rose $1.6 bn to $304.9 bn.
Continuing their upward march due to fresh inflows, India's foreign exchange reserves have further surged ahead by $711 million at $75.751 billion during the week ended April 11.
In the week ending July 26 foreign exchange reserves had recorded a rise of $960.2 million to $ 280.16 billion
India's reserve position with IMF rose by $ 7 million to $ 3.636 billion.
The rising price of the precious metal has helped the central bank increase overall forex reserves despite currency reserves not rising, and sometimes even falling.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased its gold purchases, as part of its foreign exchange (forex) reserves. In the first half (H1) of calendar year 2021 (CY21), the addition of gold to India's forex reserves has been the highest - on a half-yearly basis -at 29 tonnes. Now, the RBI's gold holding - as a proportion of its forex reserves - has for the first time crossed 700 tonnes.
India's forex reserves increased by $3.034 billion to $576.76 billion as of January 27, making it the third consecutive week of a jump in the kitty. The overall reserves had risen by $1.727 billion to $573.727 billion in the previous reporting week. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
The Institute of Economic Growth has forecast a depletion in the foreign exchange reserves to $79 billion in August mainly due to over $4 billion dollar payout of Resurgent India Bonds.
The country's foreign exchange reserves surged by $9.427 billion to record high of $620.576 billion in the week ended July 30, according to the latest RBI data. In the previous week ended July 23, the reserves had declined by $1.581 billion to $611.149 billion. In the reporting week ended July 30, the rise in the reserves was on the back of an increase in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly data released on Friday showed.
The rupee on Friday breached the psychological 47-mark after six-and-a-half months on heavy dollar outflow, but ended the day with a marginal fall of 15 paise against the American currency at 46.96/97.
Propelled by foreign investment inflows, India's foreign exchange reserves grew by $26.4 billion for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2003, over a rise of $16.3 billion in the corresponding period of previous fiscal.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.151 billion.
The rise in reserves was $2.12 billion.
After rising for four consecutive weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $1.657 billion to $281.294 billion in the week to November 1 on account of drop in a key component, Reserve Bank said.
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