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India's Foreign Exchange Reserves Rise By $563 Million To $590.028 Billion
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India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $563 million during the week ended 14 May.
According to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly statistical supplement, the reserves increased to $590.028 billion from $589.465 billion reported for the week ended 7 May.
India's forex reserves comprise foreign currency assets (FCAs), gold reserves, special drawing rights (SDRs), and the country's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
On a weekly basis, FCAs, the largest component of the forex reserves, edged higher by $377 million to $546.870 billion.
Similarly, the value of the country's gold reserves gained by $174 million to $36.654 billion.
Besides, the SDR value gained by $2 million at $1.506 billion.
On the same note, the country's reserve position with the IMF inched higher by $10 million to $4.999 billion.
(With inputs from IANS)
