India's forex reserves increased by a whopping 5.031 billion to stand at $185.078 billion during the week ended February 9, as against $180.047 billion during the week ended February 2.
The reserves were up by $995 million during the preceding week ended February 2, compared to a week ago period.
Foreign currency assets too increased by $5.119 billion to $178.084 billion during the seven-day period ended February 9, 2006, according to Reserve Bank figures.
Foreign currency assets in dollars include effect of revaluation of non-US currencies such as Euro, Sterling and yen held in reserves.
The reserve position in the IMF, however, came down by $80 million to $463 million.
SDRs also dipped $8 million to $2 million, though gold reserves remained static at $6.529 billion.