{
  "id": "trd-forex-039",
  "question": "How large are India's foreign exchange reserves?",
  "topic": "Trade & money",
  "unit": "US$ bn",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "India's foreign exchange reserves at the end of each financial year (31 March), in US dollars: foreign currency assets, gold, SDRs and the reserve tranche position with the IMF, as compiled by the Reserve Bank of India. The dollar total moves with the value of gold and of non-dollar assets as well as with the RBI's market operations.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "RBI, Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 144: Foreign Exchange Reserves",
    "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=23969",
    "table": "HBS 2025-26 Table 144, Total (col. 11), US$ million, end of financial year",
    "licence": "RBI website terms of use"
  },
  "released": "2026-07-31",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "US$ million divided by 1,000 to give US$ billion.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Reserve Bank of India",
    "survey": "Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 144: Foreign Exchange Reserves",
    "frequency": "Annual, in the RBI Handbook; the latest year is provisional",
    "measures": "Total foreign exchange reserves at end-March: foreign currency assets, gold, special drawing rights (SDRs) and the reserve tranche position in the IMF",
    "notes": [
      "The dollar total moves with the value of gold and of non-dollar assets as well as with the RBI's market operations.",
      "Weekly figures appear every Friday in the RBI's Weekly Statistical Supplement."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "Mar 2012",
      "start": "2012-03",
      "end": "2012-03",
      "value": 294.397
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2013",
      "start": "2013-03",
      "end": "2013-03",
      "value": 292.046
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2014",
      "start": "2014-03",
      "end": "2014-03",
      "value": 304.223
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2015",
      "start": "2015-03",
      "end": "2015-03",
      "value": 341.638
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2016",
      "start": "2016-03",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 360.176
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2017",
      "start": "2017-03",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 369.955
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2018",
      "start": "2018-03",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 424.545
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2019",
      "start": "2019-03",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 412.871
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2020",
      "start": "2020-03",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 477.807
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2021",
      "start": "2021-03",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 576.984
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2022",
      "start": "2022-03",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 607.309
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2023",
      "start": "2023-03",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 578.449
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2024",
      "start": "2024-03",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 646.419
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2025",
      "start": "2025-03",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 668.326
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-03",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 691.108
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/trd-forex-039/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/trd-forex-039/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/trd-forex-039/versions.csv"
}