After registering an increase of $616 million in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $71 million at $75.354 billion during the week ended February 21.

The country's foreign exchange reserves have maintained their upward swing for the 19th consecutive week.

According to Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released in Mumbai on Saturday, the country's foreign currency assets swelled by $76 million at $71.662 billion.

While gold reserves remained static at $3.688 billion, special drawing rights declined by $5 million to $4 million in the reporting week, RBI said.

The loans and advances to Central government had a nil balance but that to state governments recorded a rise of Rs 420 crore (Rs 4.2 billion) at Rs 5,742 crore (Rs 57.42 billion) for the week ended February 21, the apex bank added.