Foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.58 billion during the week ended September 7 to $292.04 billion. In the previous week ended August 31, the reserves stood at $290.46 billion. The increase in reserves during the week was mainly on account of foreign currency assets going up by $1.08 billion. There was, however, no change in gold reserves of the country which was $26.23 billion.
Since March-end, the reserves have come down by $2.35 billion.