The most recent data available with the U.S. Treasury Department shows that India increased its holding of American government securities to $124.1 billion at the end of April, a $7 billion increase from the previous month.

Among the BRIC nations, India had the third largest exposure to the U.S. government securities after China and Brazil, while Russia‘s holding rose to $104.9 billion reports the Press Trust of India.

With the U.S. economy witnessing relatively better economic growth trends, India has hiked its exposure to the securities. According to the latest estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis released last month, “Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2017.”