India's forex reserve touches fresh record high of USD 692.3 billion

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 27 (ANI): India's foreign exchange reserves scaled a new high of USD 692.296 billion, jumping by USD 2.838 billion in the week that ended on September 20, as per the data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.

Last week, the forex stood at USD 689.458 billion. The Forex kitty has seen an increase of about 69 billion so far this year from January.

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