Archive · 13 Dec 2025
India's Forex Reserves Rise on Gold Surge
India's money saved in foreign currencies, called forex reserves, went up by $1.033 billion to $687.26 billion.
This happened because the value of the gold they have in their reserves increased by $1.188 billion.
However, the money they have in other foreign currencies went down by $151 million.
The country's foreign exchange reserves are close to their all-time high of $704.89 billion, which was reached in September 2024.
The RBI, which manages this money, says that India has enough reserves to cover more than 11 months of imports.
The Indian rupee has been getting weaker, but the RBI is confident it can handle this.
India's forex reserves increased by $1.033 billion to $687.26 billion during the week ended December 5.
Foreign currency assets decreased by $151 million to $556.88 billion.
Gold reserves value increased by $1.188 billion to $106.984 billion.
The forex reserves are close to the all-time high of $704.89 billion reached in September 2024.
The RBI is confident that the current forex reserves can cover more than 11 months of merchandise imports.
- Who
- India (RBI)
- What
- Increase in forex reserves due to gold value surge
- When
- Week ended December 5
- Where
- India
- Why
- Increase in the value of gold reserves
Optimistic View
Cautious View
Forex Reserves Trend
Optimistic View
The increase in forex reserves indicates a positive trend and resilience in India's external sector.
Cautious View
The forex reserves have been largely in a downtrend, and the recent increase is marginal compared to the all-time high.
- Total forex reserves
- $687.26 billion
- Increase in reserves
- $1.033 billion
- Foreign currency assets
- $556.88 billion
- Decrease in foreign currency assets
- $151 million
- Gold reserves value
- $106.984 billion
- Increase in gold reserves
- $1.188 billion
- All-time high of forex reserves
- $704.89 billion (September 2024)
- Reserves increase in 2023
- $58 billion
- Reserves increase in 2024
- $20 billion
- Reserves increase in 2025 (so far)
- $47-48 billion
Sources
India’s forex reserves rise by $1.03 billion on gold value surge
Forex reserves jump by $1 bn to $687 bn
India's Forex Reserves Jump Over $1 Billion To $687.26 Billion; Gold Holding Up $1.1 Billion
India's forex reserves rise by $1.03 billion to $687.26 billion
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