"The DMK is not worried a wee bit," he said on the ED searches. Such an action by the ED was 'usual, ordinary and a drama' enacted to divert attention.
India's foreign exchange reserves shot up to an all-time high of $339.99 billion.
The total foreign exchange reserves had increased by $1.838 billion to $297.28 billion in the previous reporting week.
India's foreign exchange reserves have dropped by a massive $1.649 billion to $314.661 billion in the week to December 5, led by a fall in foreign currency assets.
India's foreign exchange reserves surged by a healthy $2.788 billion to $343.2 billion in the week to April 17.
India Inc expects hike in FCNR (B) rates among on Sunday's measures to arrest rupee fall.
In November they had raised $2.19 billion from abroad, according to the Reserve Bank data released on Friday.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.691 billion.
The country's foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.151 billion to $277.042 billion for the week ended March 26, against $278.193 billion in the previous week.
Facing huge redemption pressure on funds raised via foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs), India Inc has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow companies to offer higher interest rates on fresh foreign currency loans or bonds, the proceeds of which will be used to pre-pay existing FCCBs.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.691 billion in the week.
The country's foreign exchange reserves fell by $528 million for the week ended February 19 to $278.672 billion compared to $279.2 billion in the previous week. Foreign Currency Assets (FCA), during the week, declined to $254.203 billion from $254.7 billion a week ago, the RBI said in its weekly report.
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.
Lots and lots of money changes hands every day in foreign exchange trading.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.379 billion for the week ended November 27, to $286.723 billion compared to $285.344 billion in the previous week.
Moody's may up Indian forex debt rating by mid-Feb
'Is this the only way for India to become a $5 trillion economy?' 'When you have unused foreign exchange here, why borrow more dollars?'
The foreign exchange reserves rose by $2 billion to $279.096 billion for the week ended April 2 as against $277.042 billion in the previous week.
The country's foreign exchange reserves jumped by a massive $7.779 billion to touch a lifetime high of $568.494 billion in the week ended November 6, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended October 30, the reserves had increased by $183 million to $560.715 billion. In the reporting week, the jump in reserves was mainly on account of an increase in foreign current assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall 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.
Led by a new generation of entrepreneurs, India's family offices are shifting from traditional investments in physical and tangible assets like real estate to investing in technology, healthcare, and retail stocks. This new wave of family offices is engaging in stock market investments, including pre-IPO placements and secondary market operations. "Born into a world of technology, the next generation, especially those born after 2000, view technology as equally crucial as finance for running a business.
Country's foreign exchange reserves declined sharply by $3.433 billion to $351.920 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $4.405 billion for the week ended August 28, to $276.362 billion as compared to $271.957 billion in the previous week.The foreign currency assets (FCA), during the week, declined to $260.523-billion from $260.938 billion in the week-ago period, RBI said in its weekly report on Friday.
Crypto exchanges have been asked to furnish details this month itself.
Currencies are traded 24 hours a day every working day.
After having declined for two consecutive weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves grew by $293 million to $282.84 billion compared to earlier week's $282.55-billion.
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday alleged that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy issued "illegal" red sand mining licenses to his MP son, relatives and some benami holders, and that huge amount of "hawala" funds generated from this mining business was used to purchase companies abroad.
India said on Thursday domestic firms would be allowed to prepay existing foreign currency convertible bonds up to September 30, 2003.\n\n\n\n
After upgrading India's foreign currency debt rating, Moody's Investor Service on Wednesday upgraded the foreign currency deposit, debt and issuer ratings for 11 Indian banks and financial institutions.
In the previous week, reserves had declined by $1.03 billion to $353.33 billion.
The 'P-3' ratings suggest acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $810.7 million to $318.579 billion for the week ended August 22, on account of drop in foreign currency assets.
Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea on Thursday said its board has approved raising of up to Rs 14,500 crore, including Rs 4,500 crore from promoter entities. An amount of Rs 10,000 crore would be raised by way of sale of equity or through debt instruments such as ADR, GDR and FCCBs. In a regulatory filing, the company said the board has cleared issuance of up to 338.3 crore equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each at an issue price of Rs 13.30 per equity share for an aggregate consideration of up to Rs 4,500 crore.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $2.599 billion to $293.11 billion in the week ended January 3 on account of a fall in foreign currency assets, RBI said.
Embedded redemption premium and 36 per cent depreciation in five years will realise forex losses worth Rs 67.2 billion.
Foreign exchange reserves have hit a fresh high.
India's rupee woes seem to have worked in favour of non-resident Indians (NRIs). Last week, the Reserve Bank of India increased the cap on foreign currency non-resident (FCNR) and non-resident external (NRE) interest rates.
Of the eight RBI governors who have held office since the 1991 economic liberalisation, Bimal Jalan had the longest stint and S Venkitaramanan, the shortest. Current Governor Shaktikanta Das will overtake Bimal Jalan before completing his second term in December, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Conversely a rate hike may have positive effects if it triggers currency appreciation.
The country's gold reserves remained unchanged at $19.377 billion.
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