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  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the custodian of the country’s foreign exchange reserves and is vested with the responsibility of managing their investment. The basic parameters of the Reserve Bank’s policies for foreign exchange reserves management are safety, liquidity and returns. The legal provisions governing management of foreign exchange reserves are laid down in the RBI Act, 1934. In brief, the law broadly permits the following investment categories: update scenario

    a) deposits with other central banks and the BIS;

    b) deposits with commercial banks overseas;

    c) debt instruments representing sovereign/sovereign-guaranteed liability with residual maturity for the debt papers not exceeding 10 years;

    d) other instruments / institutions as approved by the Central Board of the RBI in accordance with the provisions of the Act;

    e) Investment, sale, purchase and deposits in gold; and

    f) dealing in certain types of derivatives.
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  • While safety and liquidity continue to be the twin-pillars of reserves management, return optimisation has become an embedded strategy within this framework. The Reserve Bank has framed policy guidelines stipulating stringent eligibility criteria for issuers, counterparties, and investments to be made with them to enhance the safety and liquidity of reserves. The Reserve Bank, in consultation with the Government, continuously reviews the reserves management strategies.
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    • In the RBI, the work related to the reserves management is handled in the Department of External Investments and Operations (DEIO).

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Date : September 06, 2024

Item As on Aug. 30, 2024 Variation Over
Week End-March 2024 Year
₹ Cr. Us$ Mn. ₹ Cr. Us$ Mn. ₹ Cr. Us$ Mn. ₹ Cr. Us$ Mn.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Total Reserves 5736861 683987 16890 2299 345605 37568 783309 85090
1.1 Foreign Currency Assets # 5024359 599037 10347 1485 262515 28087 634927 68347
1.2 Gold 518835 61859 7017 862 79516 9184 147141 16920
1.3 SDRs 154901 18468 13 9 3678 336 4410 274
1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF 38766 4622 -487 -58 -102 -40 -3169 -451
* Difference, if any, is due to rounding off.
# Excludes (a) SDR holdings of the Reserve Bank, as they are included under the SDR holdings; (b) investment in bonds issued by IIFC (UK); and (c) amounts lent under the SAARC and ACU currency swap arrangements.

Date : September 06, 2024

Item Outstanding as on Variation over
2024 Week Financial Year so far Year-on-Year
2023-24 2024-25 2023 2024
Mar. 31 Aug. 30 Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount %
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Reserve Money 4631446 4668195 39836 0.9 127101 2.9 36749 0.8 415014 10.1 154335 3.4
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)                        
1.1 Currency in Circulation 3511461 3492799 -20141 -0.6 -72535 -2.1 -18662 -0.5 123797 3.9 186814 5.7
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI 1025449 1082361 58766 5.7 204471 22.0 56912 5.5 279816 32.7 -52587 -4.6
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI 94536 93034 1212 1.3 -4835 -6.2 -1502 -1.6 11401 18.5 20108 27.6
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)                        
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government 1193213 1085576 60032   -132983   -107636   81810   -232566  
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre 1186655 1072238 73453   -155095   -114418   67682   -223043  
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector -46147 -120277 -18420   18935   -74130   90050   -44769  
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks -60553 -130881 -18717   40386   -70328   114723   -50275  
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI 5240824 5579046 15719 0.3 200818 4.4 338222 6.5 530734 12.5 790872 16.5
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public 33432 34306     1114 3.7 874 2.6 2609 9.1 2906 9.3
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI 1789875 1910457 17495 0.9 -39216 -2.5 120582 6.7 290188 23.1 362109 23.4

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