RBI’s gold reserves cross $100 billion
RBI’s Gold Reserves: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) gold reserves have crossed $100 billion for the first time. At the same time, the country’s total foreign exchange reserves (Forex Reserves) have reached $697.784 billion for the week ended October 10, 2025, the RBI has informed.
The value of gold assets in the RBI’s reserves has increased by $3.595 billion to $102.365 billion. This increase has been due to the increase in gold prices in the global market. Gold prices have crossed $4,300 per ounce in the international market for the first time.
The share of gold in India’s total foreign exchange reserves has now reached 14.7 percent – this is the highest share since 1996-97. The share of gold has almost doubled in the last ten years. There are two major factors behind this – continuous gold purchases by the RBI and the rapid increase in gold prices in the global market.
Notably, this year the RBI has reduced its gold purchases compared to the previous year. According to data from the World Gold Council, the RBI bought only 4 tonnes of gold from January to September 2025, while in the same period in 2024, this purchase was as much as 50 tonnes.
Meanwhile, total foreign exchange reserves have decreased by $ 2.17 billion this week and have come down to $ 697.784 billion. The largest component of this, Foreign Currency Assets (FCA), has fallen by about $ 5.6 billion to $ 572.103 billion.
India’s foreign exchange reserves have fluctuated in the last few years. In 2023, India added $58 billion to its foreign exchange reserves, compared to a decline of $71 billion in 2022. In 2024, these reserves increased by $20 billion, and so far in 2025, the reserves have increased by a total of $47.8 billion.
The RBI uses its foreign exchange reserves to control the value of the rupee. When the rupee is strong, the RBI buys dollars and when the rupee depreciates, it sells dollars to maintain market stability. This increase has given India a historic gold reserve at the global level, and has also increased the RBI’s ability to keep the currency stable even during times of global volatility.
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