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MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $4.9 billion to a five-week low of $685.73 billion as of May 16, according to data released by the country’s central bank on Friday. The reserves had risen to a seven-month high by $4.5 billion in the prior week. Changes in foreign currency assets, expressed in dollar terms, include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of other currencies held in its reserves. For the week ended May 16, the rupee notched its second consecutive weekly drop due to sustained dollar demand from local...

New Delhi: An American proposal to tax money sent abroad by non-US citizens is raising concerns in India. If passed, this 5% tax on remittances could significantly impact Indian households and the country’s currency, potentially causing India to lose between $12 billion and $18 billion annually in foreign currency inflows, according to a report released by trade think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) on Sunday.The tax is part of a bigger legislation, dubbed “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” introduced in the US House of Representatives on 12 May. It...

Currency notes aren't museum pieces – at least, not yet - in the digital era.Growth in currency in circulation is higher at 2.4% year to date up to May 2, compared with 1.7 percent in the same period a year ago, showed the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, reflecting rural demand supported by farmgate prices of agricultural commodities.Currency usage has remained relatively strong despite the absence of a busy election calendar during which cash usage typically climbs.Total currency in circulation is at Rs 38.1 lakh crore as of...

Engaging in investments requires careful consideration, but diversifying your portfolio can help simplify the process. However, investing in cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoins, is a different story. It's important to note that investing in cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, is currently considered a gray area. Unlike mutual funds, which invest in recognised and regulated assets, cryptocurrencies do not meet these basic requirements. Talking about India mutual funds investing in Bitcoins, Akshat Shrivastava, founder of Wisdom Hatch, wrote on X, there are no mutual funds in India that directly or indirectly invest in Bitcoin....

India's forex reserves increased $1.983 billion to $688.129 billion during the week ended April 25, the RBI said on Friday.This is the eighth consecutive week of a rise in the kitty, which had jumped $8.31 billion to $686.145 in the previous reporting week. The forex reserves had touched an all-time high of $704.885 billion in end-September 2024. For the week ended April 25, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased $2.168 billion to $580.663 billion, the data released on Friday showed.Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency...

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose for an eighth consecutive week and stood at an over six-month high of $688.13 billion as of April 25, according to data released by the central bank on Friday. The reserves rose by $1.98 billion in the reported week, after increasing by a cumulative $47.5 billion in the prior seven weeks. India’s FX reserves are now about $17 billion away from the record high of $704.89 billion hit in late September. Changes in foreign currency assets are caused by the central bank’s intervention in...

By Sandeep Parekh The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Bulletin for March 2025 noted sustained foreign portfolio investment outflows exerting considerable pressure on equity markets and aiding weakening of the rupee. Data from the National Securities Depository Limited suggests foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold equities worth Rs 1.12 lakh crore in February, and outflows continued at Rs 30,015 crore in March. The trend has persisted since last year. With the tariff wars, this situation has aggravated further. The number of registered FPIs declined for the first time in a year,...

Once thriving, kiosks exchanging damaged currency now dwindle, as digital payments reduce cash use Published Date - 8 April 2025, 08:08 PM Cut note exchange vendors. Photos: Anand Dharmana Hyderabad: The soiled currency notes business is on its last legs. The shops where the soiled currency notes were exchanged for new ones are now dwindling. Once active in markets of the city, a majority of the traders have now shut down the business due to low returns. “People are...

Mumbai: Some of the large banks are blocking plans of Indian promoters to form investment companies abroad.The banks fear such offshore entities are intended to sidestep the curbs on foreign currency remittance and undertake activities which are against the spirit of overseas investment regulations.At least two leading private sector banks have stalled overseas direct investment (ODI) proposals by Indian entities to set up overseas non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), two persons familiar with the discussions with the banks told ET.According to the overseas investment rules, that were framed by the government...

India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by $305 million to $654.271 billion for the week ending March 14, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. This comes after a sharp increase of $15.267 billion in the previous week, marking the highest weekly surge in two years. The recent growth in reserves follows a period of decline due to forex market interventions and revaluation effects aimed at stabilizing the rupee. The RBI’s $10 billion forex swap played a significant role in the previous week’s spike....