Effective September 17, 2018, the consular exchange rate has been revised to ₹74 to one US$. This revision in exchange rate will affect the Indian rupee equivalent for all application fees paid on or after September 17, 2018. The revision is applicable across all nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications, and U.S. Citizenship services. Effectively, the new nonimmigrant visa application fee is ₹11,840 (equivalent to $160 for non-petition-based visa categories) and ₹14,060 (equivalent to $190 for petition-based visa categories).
Applicants who paid their fees prior to September 17, 2018 can use the respective AXIS / Citibank / NEFT confirmation within one year from the date of payment of the visa application fees. This update can be found here.