The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment (rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/content/docs/OVDIF020811.xls) , both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of July 2011.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) (www.rbi.org.in/scripts/ECBUserView.aspx?Id=92) and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB), both through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of June 2011.

The Reserve Bank of India’s Reference Rate for the US dollar is ` 44.2288 and the Reference Rate for Euro is ` 62.9850 on August 2, 2011. The corresponding rates for the previous day (August 1, 2011) were ` 44.0485 and ` 63.4633 respectively. Based on the Reference Rate for the US dollar and middle rates of the cross-currency quotes, the exchange rates of GBP and JPY against the Rupee are given below: