Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a range of measures, including fuel-saving efforts, expanded work-from-home arrangements, and curbs on nonessential travel and gold buying, as rising global energy prices increase pressure on India's foreign exchange reserves, Reuters reported on May 10. According to the Reserve Bank of India, India's foreign exchange reserves dropped by $7.79 billion to $690.69 billion in the week ending May 1, following an earlier decline of $4.82 billion the week before.