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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