Forex reserves
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How much foreign currency and gold does the RBI hold?
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$689.7 billionIndia’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of Oct 2025. $10.4 billion less than at the end of Sept 2025.
Reserves are counted in US dollars, so they rise and fall with exchange rates and the gold price, not only with what the RBI buys or sells. A fall does not by itself mean money left India.
From Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month), published 31 Jul 2026.
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Oct 2025: US$ 6,89,733 million. −$10.4 billion from Sept 2025. Published.
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Selected period: Oct 2025End of month · US$ billion. End-of-month totals from March 2023; end-of-March totals from 2002-03, the first year RBI’s total includes the reserve position at the IMF.
In plain words
What it means
Foreign exchange reserves are the foreign currency assets, gold, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and reserve position at the International Monetary Fund that the RBI holds.
The RBI can use them to pay for imports in a crisis and to steady the rupee. The total is reported in US dollars, valued close to market prices.
The yearly series starts in 2002-03. RBI includes the reserve tranche position at the IMF from that year, and has valued gold close to its market price since October 1990.
What this number is not
- Not government money in the budget: the RBI holds and manages the reserves.
- Not all of India’s foreign assets: banks, companies and people hold more abroad.
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Sources
Where this comes from
Published
End-of-month totals come from Table 210 and end-of-March totals from Table 144 of RBI’s Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26. Months after the Handbook come from RBI’s monthly International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity release, which prints the same total a month after each month ends.
How we check the numbers →- Published
- 30 Sept 2026
- Where in the file
- International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (SDDS template), end of August 2026, Section I.A, Official reserve assets
Technical details
Values shown on this page: 66
Methodology segment: rbi-fx-reserves-with-rtp
Selected value location: Table 210, 2025 Oct, Total — US$ Million (column 11)
Selected value, as printed: 2025 | Oct | 165514 | 18644 | 903062 | 101726 | 5012117 | 564591 | 42338 | 4772 | 6123031 | 689733
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Latest release file: https://rbi.org.in/scripts/Bs_sddsviewhtmldetails.aspx?pg=IMF3092026.html
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- Published
- 31 Aug 2026
- Where in the file
- International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (SDDS template), end of July 2026, Section I.A, Official reserve assets
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- Published
- 31 Jul 2026
- Where in the file
- International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (SDDS template), end of June 2026, Section I.A, Official reserve assets
- Published
- 31 Jul 2026
- Where in the file
- Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210
Data table
Every value, as printed
Total reserves at the end of each month, US$ million.
Show all 42 valuesEvery value, as published
| Period | Value | Change | Official release | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | US$ 7,51,796 million | +$58.9 billion | International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (SDDS template), end of August 2026 | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Jul 2026 | US$ 6,92,866 million | +$24.3 billion | International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (SDDS template), end of July 2026 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Jun 2026 | US$ 6,68,591 million | −$17.8 billion | International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (SDDS template), end of June 2026 | 31 Jul 2026 |
| May 2026 | US$ 6,86,348 million | −$4.3 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Apr 2026 | US$ 6,90,693 million | −$0.4 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Mar 2026 | US$ 6,91,108 million | −$37.4 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Feb 2026 | US$ 7,28,494 million | +$16.9 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jan 2026 | US$ 7,11,548 million | +$23.8 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Dec 2025 | US$ 6,87,734 million | −$0.2 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Nov 2025 | US$ 6,87,930 million | −$1.8 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Oct 2025 | US$ 6,89,733 million | −$10.4 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Sept 2025 | US$ 7,00,089 million | +$4.7 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Aug 2025 | US$ 6,95,358 million | +$5.2 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jul 2025 | US$ 6,90,109 million | −$8.0 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jun 2025 | US$ 6,98,118 million | +$6.8 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| May 2025 | US$ 6,91,309 million | +$2.9 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Apr 2025 | US$ 6,88,428 million | +$20.1 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Mar 2025 | US$ 6,68,326 million | +$29.6 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Feb 2025 | US$ 6,38,698 million | +$8.1 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jan 2025 | US$ 6,30,607 million | −$5.1 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Dec 2024 | US$ 6,35,701 million | −$23.7 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Nov 2024 | US$ 6,59,433 million | −$22.7 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Oct 2024 | US$ 6,82,130 million | −$23.7 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Sept 2024 | US$ 7,05,782 million | +$23.6 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Aug 2024 | US$ 6,82,231 million | +$11.6 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jul 2024 | US$ 6,70,615 million | +$18.6 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jun 2024 | US$ 6,51,997 million | +$0.5 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| May 2024 | US$ 6,51,510 million | +$11.3 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Apr 2024 | US$ 6,40,201 million | −$6.2 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Mar 2024 | US$ 6,46,419 million | +$21.3 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Feb 2024 | US$ 6,25,165 million | +$5.2 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jan 2024 | US$ 6,19,963 million | −$2.5 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Dec 2023 | US$ 6,22,452 million | +$18.3 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Nov 2023 | US$ 6,04,172 million | +$15.7 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Oct 2023 | US$ 5,88,461 million | +$0.7 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Sept 2023 | US$ 5,87,714 million | −$10.5 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Aug 2023 | US$ 5,98,241 million | −$7.6 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jul 2023 | US$ 6,05,810 million | +$10.8 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Jun 2023 | US$ 5,95,051 million | +$4.3 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| May 2023 | US$ 5,90,717 million | +$0.6 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Apr 2023 | US$ 5,90,097 million | +$11.6 billion | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Mar 2023 | US$ 5,78,449 million | — | Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 210: Foreign Exchange Reserves (end of month) | 31 Jul 2026 |