RBI Gold Reserve: The country’s gold is being quietly brought back to India from abroad, the new report of the Reserve Bank’s treasury surprised everyone. – ..
Indians’ love for gold is well known, but at this time the country’s central bank i.e. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is also completely drenched in the glow of gold. Due to the record rise in gold prices in the international market and the current position of the rupee against the US dollar, the value of RBI’s gold reserves has reached a historic level.
According to the latest data, the total price of gold available with the Reserve Bank is now around Rs 11 lakh crore It is done. The most surprising thing is that within just one year, a huge increase of about 64% has been recorded in the price of this gold reserve of RBI.
Value increased by Rs 2 lakh crore in just 2 months
If we look at this cycle of time a little closer, the total gold value of RBI by the end of March 2026 was around Rs 9,42,699 crore. But within just two months (till 22 May 2026), its value increased to Rs 10,98,889 crore (about Rs 11 lakh crore). Financial experts say that this magical increase has not happened due to the purchase of new gold by the RBI, but due to the increase in gold prices in the markets around the world and changes in the rupee against the dollar.
How much gold does RBI have and where is it kept?
According to the RBI annual report, there has been very little change in the total quantity of gold held by the country, but the value of its treasury has increased manifold. The entire mathematics of this gold available with the Reserve Bank can be easily understood from the table given below:
| Description (Gold Reserve Breakdown) | Amount / Value |
| Total Gold Weight | 880.52 metric tons (last year it was 879.58 tons) |
| Near the issue department (to support the currency in circulation) | 312.32 MT (value increased to ₹3.88 lakh crore) |
| Near Banking Department (Gold and Gold Deposits) | 568.20 MT (value increased to ₹7.06 lakh crore) |
| Gold kept safe inside India | 367.73 metric tons |
| Gold deposited in safe banks abroad | 200.47 metric tons |
RBI said in its report that it had made a small purchase of only 0.13 tonnes of gold in January 2026, while no new gold was purchased in February. That means the quantity of gold in the treasury increased by only 0.94 tonnes, but there was a huge jump in its total price.
Gold’s dominance in foreign exchange reserves increased
In the last two years, the share of gold in India’s total foreign exchange reserves has increased rapidly. While gold constituted only 8.3% of total foreign assets in March 2024, it has increased to 17.2% by the end of March 2026. This means that gold, which is considered the most reliable in times of crisis, is now further strengthening our foreign exchange reserves.
?? India’s gold is being brought back to its country
For the last few years, RBI has taken a very strategic decision, under which India’s gold kept abroad (like Bank of England) is being brought back within the country’s borders. Under this scheme, 168.06 metric tonnes of gold was safely brought back to India during the financial year 2025-26. Even before this, 107.21 tonnes of gold has been brought back to Indian soil in 2023-24 and 103.68 tonnes in 2024-25. This is being considered a big and concrete step from security and strategic point of view.
Latest position of foreign exchange reserves
If we talk about India’s total foreign exchange reserves, by March 2026 it had reached Rs 65.54 lakh crore with an increase of 14.7% in rupee terms. However, the increase in the value of the dollar was about 3.4%, taking it to $691.11 billion (which declined slightly to $681.38 billion by the end of May). Overall, the continuously rising gold prices are providing an impenetrable security cover to the Indian economy and the balance sheet of the RBI.
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