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 "meta": {
  "dossier": "external-flows",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India, Database on Indian Economy (via the Data Bank)",
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "mock": false,
  "revisionPolicy": "Weekly reserves and daily rates are final on release. Investment flows, ECBs and LRS are revised in later Bulletins; external debt is provisional for a quarter, then partially revised.",
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "unit": "usd_million",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "product": "Foreign exchange reserves, annual (DBIE report 415)",
  "coverage": "Foreign exchange reserves as on 31 March every year since 1951, by component",
  "note": "RBI DBIE report 415, as on 31 March, plotted at March. US$ million, ₹ crore, SDR million. SDRs exist from 1970 (the SDR was created in 1969). The table's gold 'volume' provider carries two unlabelled amounts per year and is not read.",
  "latestPeriod": "2026-03"
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  "1951-03-01",
  "1952-03-01",
  "1953-03-01",
  "1954-03-01",
  "1955-03-01",
  "1956-03-01",
  "1957-03-01",
  "1958-03-01",
  "1959-03-01",
  "1960-03-01",
  "1961-03-01",
  "1962-03-01",
  "1963-03-01",
  "1964-03-01",
  "1965-03-01",
  "1966-03-01",
  "1967-03-01",
  "1968-03-01",
  "1969-03-01",
  "1970-03-01",
  "1971-03-01",
  "1972-03-01",
  "1973-03-01",
  "1974-03-01",
  "1975-03-01",
  "1976-03-01",
  "1977-03-01",
  "1978-03-01",
  "1979-03-01",
  "1980-03-01",
  "1981-03-01",
  "1982-03-01",
  "1983-03-01",
  "1984-03-01",
  "1985-03-01",
  "1986-03-01",
  "1987-03-01",
  "1988-03-01",
  "1989-03-01",
  "1990-03-01",
  "1991-03-01",
  "1992-03-01",
  "1993-03-01",
  "1994-03-01",
  "1995-03-01",
  "1996-03-01",
  "1997-03-01",
  "1998-03-01",
  "1999-03-01",
  "2000-03-01",
  "2001-03-01",
  "2002-03-01",
  "2003-03-01",
  "2004-03-01",
  "2005-03-01",
  "2006-03-01",
  "2007-03-01",
  "2008-03-01",
  "2009-03-01",
  "2010-03-01",
  "2011-03-01",
  "2012-03-01",
  "2013-03-01",
  "2014-03-01",
  "2015-03-01",
  "2016-03-01",
  "2017-03-01",
  "2018-03-01",
  "2019-03-01",
  "2020-03-01",
  "2021-03-01",
  "2022-03-01",
  "2023-03-01",
  "2024-03-01",
  "2025-03-01",
  "2026-03-01"
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    637,
    624,
    619,
    642,
    524,
    626,
    638,
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    1094,
    975,
    1194,
    1219,
    1325,
    1379,
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    5824,
    7268,
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    5649,
    5952,
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    6574,
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    3962,
    5834,
    9220,
    9832,
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    25186,
    21687,
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    29367,
    32490,
    38036,
    42281,
    54106,
    76100,
    112959,
    141514,
    151622,
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    251985,
    279057,
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    294397,
    292046.2,
    304223.2,
    341638.4,
    360176.2,
    369954.7,
    424544.8,
    412870.87,
    477806.78,
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    607309.13,
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    646418.85,
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    548,
    515,
    390,
    377,
    372,
    395,
    243,
    383,
    395,
    475,
    526,
    728,
    584,
    661,
    629,
    736,
    782,
    1657,
    3240,
    5305,
    6421,
    6324,
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    3582,
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    274330,
    260069,
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    317323.5,
    336103.9,
    346318.5,
    399442,
    385356.86,
    442212.72,
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    319,
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