The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $7.541 billion to $572.712 billion in the week ended July 15 as the Reserve Bank continued to intervene in the market to curb the fall of the rupee. In the previous week ended July 8, the reserves shrunk by $8.06 billion to $580.25 billion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed on Friday. On Friday, the rupee fell by 5 paise to close at 79.90 against the US dollar.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by a massive $8.062 billion to $580.252 billion in the week ended July 8, according to RBI data. In the previous week ended July 1, the reserves had dropped by $5.01 billion to $588.31 billion. During the reporting week ended July 8, the decrease in the reserves was on account of a fall in the Foreign Currency Assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, and in the gold reserves, RBI said.
What the reserves offer for now is improved import coverage of about 13 months, almost double the 2013 level of less than seven months. And, ammunition to arrest a rapid rupee slide, says Anup Roy.
The forex and money markets will remain closed on Friday on account of 'Buddha Purnima'.
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RBI's forex swap window for oil marketing companies addresses an urgent issue but what happens when the dollars have to be returned?
The three-year tenure of Raghuram Rajan saw the RBI adding a net of $92 billion to the kitty.
Foreign currency assets, which are a major component of the overall reserves, rose by $646.4 million to $386.762 billion.
ED and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have detected a significant increase in the outflow of Indian money, specifically into four countries --Thailand, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The reserves had touched a life-time high of $426.028 billion in the week to April 13, 2018.
The country's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund also increased by $ 3.6 million to $ 3.344 billion.
The finance ministry on Monday said the ability of the Reserve Bank to intervene in the forex market to arrest the fall in rupee is limited, even as the Indian currency declined to a 32-month low of Rs 51.50 per US dollar in the early trade.
After rising for two consecutive weeks, the country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $306 million to $601.06 billion in the week ended June 3, according to RBI data. In the previous week, the reserves had increased by $3.85 billion to $601.36 billion. It had risen by $4.23 billion to $597.51 billion in the week ended May 20.
China keeps most of its foreign reserves in the United States Government securities.
Impacted by the revaluation of international currencies, India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $135 million for the week ending June 11, 2005.
After registering a decline for the last two weeks, India's forex reserves increased by $1.04 billion for the week ended June 17, 2005.
The country's forex reserves inched higher to $292.24 billion as of January 24, from $292.08 billion in the earlier week.
The finance ministry on Friday amended the foreign exchange management rules to exclude international credit card spends from the purview of liberalised remittance scheme (LRS). The amendment to the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000, will be effective retrospectively from May 16, the ministry said in a notification. "...the use of International Credit Card for making payment by a person towards meeting expenses while such person is on a visit outside India" will not be covered under LRS, the notification said while inserting Rule 7 in the FEM (CAT) Rules.
The country's foreign exchange reserves continued to surge ahead and for the third week in a row crossed the $1.5 billion mark.
The country's foreign exchange reserves decreased by $3.27 billion to $600.42 billion in the week ended April 22, RBI data showed. In the previous week, the reserves had declined by $311 million to $603.69 billion. During the reporting week, the fall in the reserves was on the account of a decline in the Foreign Currency Assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, and gold reserves, Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly data released on Friday showed.
Lower international interest rates during June-July 2002-03 led to a sharp fall in returns on India's foreign currency assets to 2.8 per cent compared to 4.1 per cent during FY02 while that on gold reserves it fell to 0.6 per cent from 0.9 per cent.
The comments assume importance as the traditional position of the central bank has been not to set a forex reserves target.
If the war in the Israel-Gaza region escalates into a larger West Asian conflict, it could pose problems.
The manipulation is suspected to have spread across the world.
The gold reserves were unchanged at $26.61 billion, the apex bank said.
The government is planning to utilize $5 billion worth of foreign exchange reserves for infrastructure development this fiscal.
After a technology upgrade, the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) appears poised for an improvement in volumes. The premier commodity and forex exchange reported a loss of Rs 19.1 crore in the July-September quarter (second quarter, or Q2) of 2023-24 (FY24). This was attributed to higher software charges payable under an extended service agreement with 63 moons technologies and a one-off cost towards core guaranteed funds (CGF).
The partially revised figures for FY'08 stood close to $3 billion at $2,827 million while, the two fiscal years FY'06 and FY'07 saw an outflow of $1.1 billion each and the same was $642 million in fiscal 2004-05.
The bank has said rent payments will not earn reward points, and redemption of reward points on various cards have been capped in certain segments.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $28.041 billion, the apex bank said.
The country's foreign exchange reserves vaulted beyond $140 billion mark as inflows into the kitty swelled by $2.87 billion for the week ended March 11 due to heavy intervention in the market by Reserve Bank of India.
India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $319 million to cross record levels of $110 billion for the week ended March 26, 2004.
The medium-term scenario for oil marketing companies (OMCs) is high risk due to the surging crude and gas prices. Apart from OPEC-plus cutting production, the Hamas-Israel conflict has caused fears of supply disruption. The July-September quarter of 2023-24 (Q2FY24) saw positive surprises for OMCs. Strong gross refining margins (GRMs) more than offset weak marketing margins.
Exports dipped 1.6 per cent to 8.95 trillion yuan.
'She delivers on promises, especially on security issues which is a core concern for India.'
India's forex kitty shrunk by $1.03 billion to $353.33 billion on the back of a dip in the core currency assets, the Reserve Bank said.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined $9.65 billion to $622.27 billion in the week ended March 11, according to the latest data from the RBI. In the previous week ended March 4, the reserves rose $394 million to $631.92 billion. It touched a lifetime high of $642.45 billion in the week ended September 3, 2021.
The rupee ended at 59.18 compared with previous close of 59.33 to the dollar.
In a countrywide crackdown, the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted operations at 40 locations and apprehended around 14 people including home ministry officials, NGO representatives and middlemen for allegedly facilitating the clearance of foreign donations in violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, officials said on Tuesday.
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