This comes on the back of robust capital flows
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $563 million to reach $590.028 billion in the week ended May 14, RBI data showed on Friday
India continues to be in urgent need of various supplies to deal with Covid-19
The RBI cannot have an independent monetary policy (setting domestic interest rates) in an environment of an open capital account and flexible exchange rates, they say
This is according to a recent survey by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The country's foreign exchange reserves swelled by $3.913 billion to reach $588.02 billion in the week ended April 30, 2021, RBI data showed on Friday
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 2.986 billion to reach USD 579.285 billion in the week ended March 26, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended March 19, the forex kitty had increased by USD 233 million to USD 582.271 billion. It had touched a record high of USD 590.185 billion in the week ended January 29, 2021. In the reporting week ended March 26, 2021, the fall in reserves was on account of a decrease in foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves. FCA declined by USD 3.226 billion to USD 537.953 billion, as per weekly data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves. The gold reserves increased by USD 276 million to USD 34.907 billion in the reporting week, the RBI data showed. The special drawing rights (SDRs) with the Internationa
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continued to remain net buyer of the US dollar in January
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 4.255 billion to USD 580.299 billion in the week ended March 5, according to RBI data
The country's foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 169 million to USD 583.865 billion in the week ended February 19, RBI data showed
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by a massive $6.24 billion in the week ended February 5
India now has forex reserves of over $590 billion, the highest ever, up by $119 billion over the previous year
In the previous week ended January 22, the reserves rose by $1.09 billion to $585.33 billion
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The rupee is under pressure to rise on heavy foreign inflows
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $290 million to $580.841 billion in the week ended December 25, RBI data showed
The country's foreign exchange reserves surged by $2.563 billion to touch a record high of $581.131 billion in the week to December 18
Excess liquidity and cheap rates could be causing some systemic problem for the future, experts have started to warn
Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves
The country's reserve position with the IMF also increased by $40 million to $4.676 billion