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Indian forex reserves at $34.839 bln on Dec 24

BOMBAY: India's foreign exchange reserves rose to $34.839 billion on December 24 from $34.389 billion in the previous week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its weekly statistical supplement on Saturday.

India RBI loans to federal govt fall in week Dec17

Loans and advances by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the federal government fell to 43.36 billion rupees in the week ended December 17 from 79.51 billion rupees in the previous week, the central bank said in its weekly statistical supplement on Saturday.

Loans and advances to state governments rose to 41.02 billion rupees in the week ended December 17 against 38.60 billion rupees in the previous week, the RBI said. -Reuters