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 are the reserve assets that are held by the central bank in foreign currencies. It ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: FDI • FDI Policy • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) • Foreign exchange reserves • Foreign Portfolio Investment • Forex Reserves • IMF • Special drawing rights

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 compoundable offences. Under the amendment, the companies with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) obligation of less ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Acts and Amendments • Bills and Acts • CLAT • Companies Act 2013 • Corporate social responsibility (CSR) • Foreign exchange reserves • Foreign investments • Injeti Srinivas Committee • Union Cabinet • Union Cabinet Decisions

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) dipped by 2 million USD and the reserve position increased by 58 million USD. Currently, ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Currency • Foreign exchange reserves • IMF • RBI • Reserve Tranche Position • Special drawing rights

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, Euro and Yen as well. Highlights The increase is mainly due to the rise in ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Currency Fluctuations • exports • Foreign currency assets • Foreign exchange reserves • Gold Imports • imports

India’s forex reserves at new life-time high of $430.57 bn

According to latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves surged to new life-time high of US $430.572 billion in week to August 9, 2019. It was on account of rise in foreign currency assets, the major component of the overall reserves. In the previous reporting week ended on August 2, ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Foreign currency assets • Foreign exchange reserves • Forex • Gold Reserves • India • life time high • RBI • Reserve position • Special drawing rights