Indian Foreign Exchange: Amidst the impact of inflation on the pockets of people in India, RBI has announced a good news. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s foreign exchange reserves have strengthened. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra has told about this. He said that in the week ending May 28, the country’s foreign exchange reserves increased from $938 million to $682.32 billion.

Rupee became stronger despite fall
He further said that a week before this, the foreign exchange reserves had decreased by $ 7.51 billion to $ 681.38 billion. At the end of February this year, India’s foreign exchange reserves had reached a record level of $ 728.49 billion. However, due to rising tensions in West Asia and pressure on the rupee against the dollar, there was a decline in reserves for several weeks thereafter.

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What do the latest RBI figures say?
According to the latest RBI data, the main reason for the increase in foreign exchange reserves was the increase in foreign currency assets (FCA). It increased by $3.12 billion to $546.15 billion. Forms the largest part of foreign exchange reserves. Apart from the dollar, these also include other foreign currencies like Euro, Pound and Yen. Changes in the value of these currencies also affect the foreign currency.

Gold reserve also decreased
At the same time, the country’s gold reserve has also decreased. In the week under review, it decreased by $ 2.18 billion to $ 112.6 billion. Apart from this, Special Drawing Rights (SDR) issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) remained stable at $ 18.75 billion. At the same time, India’s reserve position in IMF increased from $80 lakh to $4.82 billion.

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The Reserve Bank said that the country’s gold reserve has also increased during the week ended August 29, which has increased by $ 1.766 billion to $ 86.769 billion. The Reserve Bank also stated that during this period special drawing rights or special drawing rights have also increased by $ 4 million to $ 18.775 billion. According to RBI data, India’s reserve position in the IMF has also increased by $ 1.8 million to $ 4.749 billion in the week under review.

RBI focus on gold reserve

This report about the country’s Forex Reserve came after the report that the trend of American Treasury Bills seems to be decreasing as RBI is increasing the holding of gold to increase India’s foreign exchange reserves.

According to recent data from the US Treasury Department and RBI, the Reserve Bank is focusing on increasing the gold reserve instead of American Treasury Bills to strengthen its foreign exchange holding. By June 27, 2025, the amount of gold in foreign exchange reserves reached 879.98 MT, which increased from 840.76 MT of June 28, 2024 to 879.98 MT by June 27, 2025.

Pakistan also increased forex reserve

Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have also increased in the week ended on August 29, 2025. According to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan’s Forex Reserve rose to $ 19.65 billion by 29 August 2025 with a slight gain of $ 41.7 million or 0.21 %. The rise in the country’s foreign exchange reserves came due to SBP’s growth in its foreign exchange reserves, which increased by $ 28.2 million during the week and with this the State Bank of Pakistan reserves increased to $ 14.3 billion.

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India Forex Reserve: India’s foreign exchange reserves have rose $ 6.992 billion to $ 692.721 billion during the week ended on May 23. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave this information on Friday. Earlier, the Forex Reserve of the country fell to $ 685.729 billion during the week ended May 16.

Increase in foreign currency assets

At the end of September 2024, the foreign exchange reserves reached the high level of $ 704.885 billion. The data released on Friday revealed that for the week ended on May 23, Forex assets, which is a major component of reserves, rose by $ 4.516 million to $ 586.167 billion. Foreign exchange assets expressed in terms of dollars include the influence of the decrease of non-American currencies such as the euros, pounds and yen placed in foreign exchange reserves.

Gold reserve also increased

RBI said that the gold reserve during the week has also increased by $ 2.366 billion to $ 83.582 billion. Special drawing rights (SDR) rose $ 81 million to $ 18.571 billion. According to the data of the Reserve Bank, this week the IMF has also recorded an improvement in India’s reserved situation, which increased by $ 30 million to $ 4.401 billion.

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At the same time, according to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have increased by $ 70 million to $ 11.516 billion till 23 May. Whereas on 16 May it was $ 11.447 billion. Pakistan’s Liquid Foreign Exchange Reserve stood at $ 16.637 billion, which shows a slight decline of $ 12 million compared to the previous week. It also includes net holdings of commercial banks. During this period, the net reserve of commercial banks also fell by $ 82 million, which fell to $ 5.121 billion.

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India Forex Reserve: The country’s foreign exchange reserves have declined amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan. According to the new data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s foreign exchange reserves have broken their records to continue to grow continuously for 8 weeks with a decline of $ 2.06 billion in the week ended May 2. With this decline, India’s total foreign exchange reserves have come to $ 686.06 billion, compared to $ 1.98 billion to $ 688.13 billion in the week ended April 25.

Minor edge in foreign currency assets

The largest component of India’s foreign exchange reserves increased to $ 581.18 billion with a slight increase of $ 514 million. Foreign exchange assets expressed in terms of dollars include the value of non-American units such as euros, pounds and yen placed in foreign exchange reserves. However, an increase in foreign exchange assets was compensated by $ 2.55 million in gold reserves, which has now come down to $ 81.82 billion.

It can now be imported for so many months

The SDR or special drawing rights to be placed near the IMF also fell by $ 30 million to $ 18.56 billion. The Reserve Bank estimated that the foreign exchange reserves that the country still has is sufficient to bear the expenses of estimated imports for about 10-12 months.

The fluctuations in the country’s foreign exchange reserves are in line with the pattern being seen since September, when the reserve gradually reached a record high level of $ 704.89 billion before falling. During that time the rupee reached a record low against the US dollar. Then the Reserve Bank’s intervention in the foreign exchange market helped prevent instability.

Last year, the country’s foreign exchange reserves increased by more than $ 20 billion. Whereas in 2023, foreign exchange reserves increased by about 58 billion dollars. Which is contrary to a decline of $ 71 billion recorded in 2022.

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