Driven largely by revaluation of international currencies, foreign exchange reserves fell by $806 million during the week ended February 4, 2005 taking the total reserves to $128.91 billion.
The comments assume importance as the traditional position of the central bank has been not to set a forex reserves target.
India's foreign exchange reserves grew by $700 million to touch $1,20,778 million for the week ended July 9.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $1.43 billion to $199.18 billion during the week ended March 30, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India .
After selling dollars for the past few months, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may take a hands-off approach before its annual account closing by not trying to prop up the rupee as geopolitical tensions show signs of stabilising with global crude oil prices easing from its $140 peak. The central bank was a net buyer of dollars between April and September, and then turned a net seller in the following months, the data released by the RBI showed. The RBI continued to be a net buyer of $36.6 billion in this fiscal year - between April and January. In 2020-21, it purchased $68 billion on a net basis.
Neither the foreign exchange, nor the gold, and certainly not the revaluation reserve should be available for spending by anyone. he revaluation account is simply not money. It is simply an accounting entry, says Rashmin C Sanghvi.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $278 million during the week ended September 9, 2005.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $924 million to $179.052 billion during the week ended January 26, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.
Foreign exchange reserves zoomed $841 million to $177.426 billion for the week ended January 12, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined for the second week in a row by $333 million for the week ended June 11.
Gold reserves were up by $712 million to $34.729 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $23 million for the week ended July 22, 2005.
After recording a decline in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves jumped by $869 million at $82.774 billion during the week ended July 4.\n\n\n\n
By March 28, the reserves rose by a whopping $5.038 billion to $303.673 billion, the second highest in the fiscal.
India's foreign exchange reserve fell by $5.01 billion to $246.35 billion during the week-ended November 14, 2008 as the Reserve Bank of India intervened in the markets to check steep depreciation of the rupee.
India's foreign exchange reserves grew by $291 million during the week ending January 28, 2005 to touch $1,29,720 million.
The foreign exchange reserves of the country moved up further by $337 million to a new record high of $66,925 million during the week ended November 29.\n\n\n\n
Foreign exchange reserves increased $350 million to $141.59 billion for the week ended February 24, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.\n
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by a significant $3.4 billion to $276.238 billion for the week ended May 7, as against $279.633 billion in the previous week, RBI data showed.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $662 million to $137.561 billion for the week ended July 15, 2005 when compared with $136.899 billion in the previous week, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India.
Foreign exchange reserves declined $1.156 billion to $142.618 billion for the week ended November 4, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $678 million to $143.774 billion for the week ended October 28, 2005, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI on Friday.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $1.547 billion to $195.957 billion for the week ended March 16, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI on Friday.
Is the allocation of Indian foreign currency asset management to the RBI conducive to a satisfactory rate of return?
Foreign exchange reserves climbed further by $ 402 million to a new record high of $109.998 billion during the week ended March 19 from $109.596 billion a week ago.
India's foreign exchange reserves crossed $250-billion mark for the first time during the week ended October 5. Surging inflows of $ 3.568 billion swelled the reserves past the $250-billion mark at $ 251.330 billion. The reserves had increased to $ 247.762 billion due to a whopping $11.871-billion inflow during the week ended September 28.
Market downturns or regulatory shifts can reduce liquidity, making it harder to buy or sell assets when needed.
Foreign exchange reserves zoomed from a meagre $2.427 billion to $172.782 billion for the week ended November 24, according to the weekly statistical supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Saturday.
After registering a decline for the past four weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $175 million for the week ended May 27, 2005.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell for the next time in a row by $2.58 billion to $ 252.18 billion in the week ended January 16, 2009 mainly due to revaluation of foreign currency and heavy pullout by the foreign institutional investors.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $104 million during the week ending September 17 to touch $118.359 billion, the Reserve Bank of India said on Saturday.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $148 million at $85.563 billion, a record high level, during the week ended August 22.
A potential risk to the rupee's appreciation trajectory lies in the event of a delay in the Federal Reserve's rate cut cycle, particularly if core inflation in the US remains elevated.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose marginally by $49 million to touch $118.62 billion for the week ended May 14.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose further by $89 million to reach $118.57 billion for the week ended May 7.
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 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.
The country's foreign exchange reserves stood at $309.7 billion as at end-March 2008, up $110.5 billion over end-March 2007, making it the third largest stock of reserves among emerging market economies.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $452 million to $140.429 billion for the week ended February 10, 2006, according to the weekly statistical supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.
Impacted by the revaluation of international currencies, India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $135 million for the week ending June 11, 2005.
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