India’s forex reserves were up by $8.31 billion to $686.15 billion as of the week ending April 18, 2025, data released by the Reserve Bank of India showed on Friday.Previously, India’s forex reserves were up by $1.5 billion to $677.84 billion as of the week ending April 11, 2025, data by the Reserve Bank of India said.
India’s forex kitty
The central bank releases India’s forex reserves’ data every Friday, closely monitoring the economic indicator of foreign trade.
The RBI, from time to time, intervenes in the market through liquidity management, including through the selling of dollars, with a view to preventing a steep depreciation in the rupee.
The RBI closely monitors the foreign exchange markets and intervenes only to maintain orderly market conditions by containing excessive in the exchange rate, without reference to any pre-determined target level or band.
