* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Foreign exchange reserves, billion currency units in India, January, 2019:
For that indicator, Reserve Bank of India provides data for India from 2001 to 2019. The average value for India during that period was 13628.1 billion Indian Rupee with a minumum of 1998.17 billion Indian Rupee in April 2001 and a maximum of 29038.2 billion Indian Rupee in September 2018.
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Measure: billion Indian Rupee
Source: Reserve Bank of India
Source: Reserve Bank of India
Definition: Foreign exchange reserves consist of foreign currency, deposits denominated in foreign
currency, Monetary Gold, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and Reserve position in the
International Monetary Fund (IMF). Foreign exchange reserves are held by monetary authorities
to finance trade imbalances, check the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations and address
other issues under the purview of the central bank.
