The Reserve Bank of India with the concurrence of the Government of India has decided to put in place a revised Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement for SAARC countries for the period 2024 to 2027. Under this Framework, the Reserve Bank would enter into bilateral swap agreements with SAARC central banks, who want to avail of the swap facility. It may be recalled that the SAARC Currency Swap Facility came into operation on November 15, 2012 with an intention to provide a backstop line of funding for short term foreign exchange liquidity requirements or balance of payment crises of the SAARC countries till longer term arrangements are made.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the 42nd half-yearly report on management of foreign exchange reserves with reference to end-March 2024. The position of foreign exchange reserves as on May 03, 2024 is as under: US $ Billion Foreign Exchange Reserves (i+ii+iii+iv) 641.59 i. Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) 564.16 ii. Gold 54.88 iii. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 18.05 iv. Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) 4.50 * Difference, if any, is due to rounding-off.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the 41st half-yearly report on management of foreign exchange reserves with reference to end-September 2023. The position of foreign exchange reserves as on October 27, 2023, is as under: US $ Billion Foreign Exchange Reserves (i+ii+iii+iv) 586.11 i. Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) 517.50 ii. Gold 45.92 iii. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 17.91 iv. Reserve Tranche Position (RTP)