The country's foreign exchange reserves fell by $249 million to $583.697 billion in the week ended February 12, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week, the reserves had declined by $6.24 billion to stand at $583.945 billion. It had touched a record high of $590.185 billion in the week ended January 29, 2021.
Gold reserves were down by $580 million in the reporting week to $37.440 billion.
Forex reserves include a country's gold holdings and convertible foreign currencies held in its banks, including special drawing rights and exchange reserve balances, with the International Monetary Fund.
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.
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Forex reserves include a country's gold holdings and convertible foreign currencies held in its banks, including special drawing rights and exchange reserve balances, with the International Monetary Fund.
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 soared by $16.663 billion to touch a lifetime high of $633.56 billion in the week ended August 27, mainly due to an increase in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) holdings, RBI data showed. On Wednesday, RBI had said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made an allocation of SDR 12.57 billion (equivalent to around $17.86 billion at the latest exchange rate) to India on August 23, 2021. SDR holdings are part of the foreign exchange reserves of a country.
Gold reserves were down by $1.441 billion in the reporting week to $35.999 billion.
Gold reserves were down by $331 million to $37.264 billion.
Foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, fell by $490 million to $441.458 billion in the reporting week.
India's reserve position with IMF rose by $ 7 million to $ 3.636 billion.
During the week gold reserves stood unchanged at $18.15 billion.
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During the reporting week, gold reserves increased marginally by $87 million to $26.796 billion.
During the week, gold reserves decreased by $200 million to $26.709 billion.
During the week, gold reserves declined by $443 million to $26.910 billion.
India is among the top 10 nations in terms of foreign exchange reserves.
India's foreign exchange reserves nearly hit a nine-month low and fell by $5 billion to $302 billion for the week ended December 16, on account of revaluation in foreign currency assets.
Gold reserves were up by $712 million to $34.729 billion.
The country's foreign exchange reserves surged by $5.271 billion to touch a record high of $598.165 billion in the week ended May 28, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended May 21, 2021, the reserves had increased by $2.865 billion to $592.894 billion. While announcing the second bi-monthly monetary policy review earlier on Friday, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the country's forex reserves may have crossed $600 billion currently.
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Foreign exchange reserve, often taken as a yardstick to gauge a country's financial strength, are the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks or monetary authorities (it is Reserve Bank in case of India).
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The IMF Board of Governors have approved a general allocation of special drawing rights equivalent to $250 billion to provide liquidity to global economic system by supplementing its member countries' foreign exchange reserves.
India's external debt rose by 16.46 per cent to $261.4 billion at the end of 2009-10 on the back of an improved liquidity in the global financial system along with an additional allocation of special drawing rights of the International Monetary Fund.
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Gold reserves increased $1.54 billion to $32.68 billion in the reporting week.
The Reserve Bank has entered into an agreement buy up to $10 billion (over Rs 45,000 crore) worth notes from the IMF to help the multilateral agency shore up its resources for assisting countries hit by the global financial meltdown.
Gold reserve also declined by $340 million to $30.55 billion.
For the week under review, foreign currency assets, which are the biggest parts of the reserves, increased by $1.642 billion to $410.453 billion.
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India's foreign exchange reserves rose $2.25 billion in the week ended November 5 to $300.21 billion on foreign portfolio inflows and changes in the value of global currencies.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined $1.73 billion to $254.21 billion during the week ended May 15, 2009, mainly due to revaluation of currencies.
Gold reserves remained unchanged at $19.943 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserve went up by $3.59 billion to $254.05 billion during the week ended December 19, 2008 mainly on account of revaluation in foreign currency. The foreign currency assets rose by $3.58 billion to $ 245.30 billion, according to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.
For the week under review, Special Drawing Rights fell by $ 13 million to $4.19 billion, while India's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund was down $3.5 million to $1.14 billion.
Foreign currency assets, which stood at $236.971 billion in the previous week, went up to $238.968 billion this week, RBI data showed on Friday. Gold reserves, during the week, declined to $7.861 billion from $8.382 billion in the week before while the country's special drawing rights remained unchanged at $3 million, the data said.
In the reporting week, foreign currency assets, which are a major component of the overall reserves, reduced by $ 633 million to $ 398.724 billion.
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