After three weeks of fall, India's foreign exchange reserve rose by $990 million to $248.611 billion during the week ended January 30, 2009, mainly due to revaluation in the foreign currency assets and gold reserves.
India's forex reserves jumped $4.54 billion to a new all-time high of $648.7 billion for the week ended May 17, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. This is the third consecutive week of increase in the overall kitty, which had increased by $2.56 billion to $644.15 billion in the previous reporting week ended May 17.
Gold reserves declined by $346.2 million.
The country's foreign exchange reserves increased by $2.76 billion to $632.95 billion for the week ended February 18 on a healthy rise in the value of gold reserves and core currency assets, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined by $1.76 billion to $630.19 billion. During the reporting week, the rise in overall reserves was on account of an increase in the foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly data released on Friday showed.
India's forex reserves increased by $6.4 billion to $642.49 billion for the week ended March 15, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had risen by $10.47 billion to $636.09 billion. In October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
Foreign exchange reserves zoomed $3.062 billion to $140.60 billion for the week ended July 29, 2005
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $4.53 billion to stand at $629.75 billion in the week ended January 28, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended January 21, the reserves had decreased by $678 million to $634.29 billion. It touched a lifetime high of $642.45 billion in the week ended September 3, 2021.
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 exchange reserves increased $987 million to $155.196 billion for the week ended April 14, 2006, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI on Friday.\n\n
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 $1.76 billion to $630.19 billion in the week ended on February 11, the RBI data showed. In the previous week ended February 4, the reserves had risen by $2.2 billion to $631.95 billion. It touched a lifetime high of $642.45 billion in the week ended on September 3, 2021.
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.
After falling for two consecutive weeks, foreign exchange reserves marginally rose to $319.39 billion, up by $43.3 million, for the week, driven by an increase in foreign currency assets.
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.
China, with $853.7 billion in its vaults, has just toppled Japan's long-held status as the world's largest holder of foreign exchange reserves, the state media reported.
India's foreign exchange reserves grew by $700 million to touch $1,20,778 million for the week ended July 9.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell further by $430 million at $118.89 billion during the week ended August 20 after witnessing a marginal dip of $14 million a week earlier.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $14 million during the week ended August 13 after witnessing a rise of $1.01 billion a week earlier.
After recording a rise of over $ 1.24 billion in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $142 million led by a fall in gold reserves for the week ended June 4.
The increase was led almost entirely by foreign currency assets
India's foreign exchange reserves resumed their upward journey, rising by usd 623 million during the week ended August 26, 2005.
India's foreign exchange reserves crossed the $93 billion mark following a further rise of $613 million due to fresh inflows for the week ended November 7.
India's foreign exchange reserves grew marginally by $253 million to $141.45 billion for the week ended April 8, 2005.
Foreign exchange reserves declined $1.223 billion to $140.907 billion for the week ended March 25, 2005 when compared with $142.13 billion in the previous week, according to the weekly supplement released by the RBI on Saturday.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $1.47 billion to $633.61 billion in the week ended December 31, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended December 24, the reserves dipped by $587 million to $635.08 billion. It touched a life-time high of $642.45 billion in the week ended September 3, 2021.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell for the second consecutive week, registering a decline of $423 million for the week ended May 6, 2005.
India's forex reserves jumped by $2.98 billion to a fresh peak of $648.56 billion for the week ended April 5, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the forex kitty had increased by $2.951 billion to $645.583 billion, which was an all-time high. In September 2021, the country's forex kitty reached an all-time high of $642.453 billion, a level that was breached in March this year.
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.
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.
After a fall last week, India's foreign exchange reserves have recorded a rise again and are nearing the $85 billion mark.
After witnessing a rise in inflows for the past three weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $648 million to stand at $1,41,898 for the week ended April 22, 2005.
India's foreign exchange reserves grew by $291 million during the week ending January 28, 2005 to touch $1,29,720 million.
Robust trade and overseas investment inflows along with revaluation of currencies propelled India's foreign exchange reserves to rise further by $1.56 billion to cross $125 billion mark during the week ended November 19.
India's foreign exchange reserves recorded one of the highest ever inflows of dollar -- $3.74 billion -- to cross the $130-billion mark during the week ended December 3, 2004
India's foreign exchange reserves rose further by $1.31 billion to cross $123 billion during the week ended November 12 due to huge overseas investment in stock market and trade inflows.
India's exchange reserves rose by a robust $2.03 billion to $277.38 billion in the week ended September 20 on a healthy increase in the core currency assets, Reserve Bank said.
After recording a massive jump of over $1 billion in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves crossed a record high level of $70 billion in the week ended December 27.
India's foreign exchange reserves shot up for a third week in a row, adding a healthy $1.9 billion to touch $281.12 billion in the week to October 18 on account of growth in a key component, the Reserve Bank said.
After witnessing a decline in the past two weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $587 million to reach $1,19,932 million mark, for the week ended 18.
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