Foreign exchange reserves
India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves 2024 – Update
India’s foreign exchange reserves are crucial for economic stability. On November 15, they stood at $657.89 billion which includes $65.75 billion in gold. The reserves had previously reached $675.65 billion on November 8. A decline of $17.7 billion occurred due ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2024
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Foreign Exchange Reserve
Foreign exchange reserves are the assets that a country’s central bank or monetary authority holds to ensure a balance of payments in the country, maintain stability in the financial market, and influence the foreign exchange rates of the currency. These ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
IMF 4.7 billion USD support program for Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Government has been facing several macroeconomic issues. The country holds a huge current account deficit. The value of the Taka, the currency of Bangladesh has been declining. Foreign Exchange reserves of the country have been decreasing. To help ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
RBI’s Digital Payment Index
The Reserve Bank of India recently released the Digital Payment Index. According to the index, the digital payments in the country have increased by 40% in September 2021 as compared to March 2021. Key findings The index measure of online ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 2.039 billion
As per RBI data, India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 2.039 billion in the first week of October 2021. Highlights Foreign exchange now stands at USD 639.516 billion. In the last week of September, reserves had dropped by USD 1.169 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Foreign exchange reserves surge by USD 9.427 billion
As per RBI Data, India’s foreign exchange reserves surged by USD 9.427 billion. Foreign exchange reserves now stand at a record high of USD 620.576 billion in the week ended July 30. Key Points In 3rd week of July, reserves ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Forex Reserves of India are rising
The Forex Reserves of India are increasing and are to hit 500 billion USD soon. In May 2020, the Indian Forex Reserves touched an all time high of 493 billion USD. What is Foreign Exchange Reserve? The Foreign Exchange Reserves ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Cabinet Approval: To amend Companies Act, 2013
On March 4, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved 72 changes to the Companies Act, 2013. The main aim of the amendment is to decriminalize the provisions in the act. Highlights The amendment aims to recategorize 23 offences and omit 7 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
India’s Foreign Exchange touches all time high of 457.468 billion USD
RBI announced that Foreign Exchange Reserves of India has swelled by 2.52 billion USD in the week that ended on December 27, 2019. The Central Bank also said that the country’s special drawing rights with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Foreign Exchange reserve touches a new high of 451.08 billion USD
According to the weekly data released by the Reserve Bank of India, the foreign exchange reserve touched a new high of 451.08 billion USD. The foreign exchange currency assets include the depreciation or appreciation of the non-US currency like pound, ..