The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period December 09 - December 13, 2024 All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Purchases 09-12-2024 5,112 836 485 551 377 339 13,974 21,689 1,483 5,986 2,267 148 10-12-2024 5,524 1,094 784 337 790 234 17,766 27,621 2,341 5,750 1,748 194

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period December 02 - December 06, 2024

To encourage greater use of Indian Rupee (INR) for trade transactions, in July 2022, an additional arrangement in the form of Special Rupee Vostro Account (SRVA) was introduced. Several foreign banks have since opened SRVAs with banks in India. The Reserve Bank has also signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the central banks of the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia and Maldives, to encourage cross-border transactions in local currencies. Further, in December 2023 the Foreign Exchange Management (Manner of Receipt and Payment) Regulations were revised to enable cross border transactions in all foreign currencies (including local currencies of trading partner countries) and INR.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of December 2024.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of November 2024.

Today, the Reserve Bank released data relating to India’s International Investment Position for end-September 2024[1].

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the second quarter (Q2), i.e., July-September of 2024-25 on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-September 2024 are detailed below in Table 1

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the second quarter (Q2), i.e., July-September 2024-25, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q2:2024-25 • India’s current account deficit (CAD) moderated marginally to US$ 11.2 billion (1.2 per cent of GDP) in Q2:2024-25 from US$ 11.3 billion (1.3 per cent of GDP) in Q2:2023-24.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period November 25 – November 29, 2024. All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Purchase 11-11-2024 2,004 852 596 553 497 434 10,898 9,237 938 5,355 1,061 193 12-11-2024 3,914 827 1,405 754 299 363 22,017 21,971 3,573 7,302 3,449 167

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period November 18 – November 22, 2024.