India’s foreign exchange reserves, amounting to $640.3 billion by the end of December 2024, can comfortably cover 90% of the country’s external debt and nearly 11 months of imports. Despite a recent dip, India remains the world’s fourth-largest holder of foreign exchange reserves, following China, Japan, and Switzerland.
India raises $73 bn in forex inflows at record pace
India has mobilised $73 billion in foreign exchange inflows in less than 11 weeks, surpassing the scale and pace of the RBI’s 2013 FCNR(B) swap