The country’s forex reserve has reached its all-time high. The latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday has shown that in the week ending February 13, India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 8.66 billion to $ 725.727 billion, which has reached the best level till date i.e. the country’s forex reserves are at an all-time high.
In the last reporting week ending February 6, total forex reserves had declined to $717.064 billion. However, earlier in January the reserves had reached an all-time high level of $ 723.774 billion. Data released by the Central Bank showed that in the week ending February 13, foreign currency assets increased by $ 3.55 billion to $ 573.603 billion.
RBI said that India’s foreign exchange reserves are sufficient, which will cover about 96 percent of the imports of goods and outstanding external debt for about a year. Although foreign currency assets continue to form the largest share in India’s foreign exchange reserves, the share of gold in the forex reserves increased from the end-December level on February 06, 2026 due to valuation effects.
Value of gold reserve increased
Where the value of gold reserves had decreased last week. At the same time, this week it has seen a comeback. RBI said that this week the value of gold reserves has increased by $ 4.99 billion to $ 128.466 billion. The Central Bank said that foreign portfolio investment and the Indian rupee have made a comeback, there has been a change in investor sentiment after the India-EU Free Trade Agreement and the interim India-US trade deal.
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