India Foreign Exchange Reserves Data - vrk100 - 18May2022

India Foreign Exchange Reserves Data - vrk100 - 18May2022

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In the past 20 years, India's foreign exchange reserves have gone up by more than USD 560 billion. The following table shows data, from 2000 till 2022, relating to foreign exchange reserves position as at the end of a financial year (India's fiscal year runs from April to March every year), foreign exchange reserves accretion and net sale and purchase of US dollars by Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank.

Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves, Accretion and USD sales and purchases: 

 

 

At the turn of the century, India's forex reserves were around USD 42 billliion. Now, they have grown to USD 618 billion as at the end of March 2022. In the past two months, forex reserves have come down to USD 596 billion due to sale of US dollars by Reserve Bank of India as part of its intervention in the forex markets to stabilise USD - INR exchange rate.

Abbreviations used:

USD  - United States dollar 

USD - INR - US dollar and Indian rupee exchange rate  

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P.S.: After writing the blog, the following updates are added with new information / images:

Update 22May2024: Table showing India's foreign exchange reserves data from FY 2009-10 till FY 2023-24. Table also shows accretion and depletion of forex reserves during a financial year; USD sale and purchase by RBI during a financial year and USD - INR level at the end of a financial year >

Update 05Nov2023: Table showing India's foreign exchange reserves data from FY 2009-10 till FY 2022-23. Table also shows accretion and depletion of forex reserves during a financial year; USD sale and purchase by RBI during a financial year and USD - INR level at the end of a financial year >

 

USD-INR level at the end of each financial year is added so that one can compare how the Indian rupee's movement (mostly depreciation vs USD -- except during RBI governor Subba Rao's years, FY 2009-10 and 2010-11) versus US dollar affects USD sale and purchase by RBI and accretion / depletion of forex reserves >

 

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