India’s foreign exchange reserves jumped by $2.797 billion to $309.444 billion in the week ended April 11 on the back of a healthy rise in currency assets.

The total reserves had shot up by $2.974 billion to $306.647 billion in the previous week.

Foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major part of the overall reserves, rose $ 2.746 billion to $281.552 billion for the week ended April 11, RBI said today.

The gold reserves remained unchanged at $21.566 billion, as per the RBI data.

The special drawing rights rose $35.9 million to $4.483 billion, and India’s reserve position with the IMF jumped $14.8 million to $1.841 billion, the apex bank said.

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