India’s forex reserves drop $2 bn to $653 bn in December; RBI estimates 11-months of import amid multi-month low
Live MintIndia's foreign exchange reserves are sufficient to meet over 11 months of import needs and nearly 96 per cent of external outstanding debt requirements as of the end of June 2024, reported the news agency ANI citing the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday, December 24. The forex reserves rose $6.4 billion in the financial year 2024-25 to $652.9 billion as of December 13, as per the news report citing a monthly bulletin. According to the agency report, forex reserves are likely declining due to RBI's intervention in preventing a sharp decline in the rate of the national currency, the Rupee. As per the latest data cited in the report, India's foreign currency assets, which make up the largest component of the forex reserve, were at $562.576 billion.