2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - ربی - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on May 14, 2004 |
Week |
End-March2004 |
End-December 2003 |
Year |
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Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
5,38,603 |
1,18,628 |
8,579 |
49 |
48,474 |
5,669 |
68,131 |
15,477 |
1,60,518 |
38,438 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,14,224 |
1,13,165 |
8,578 |
70* |
48,009 |
5,717 |
68,992 |
15,548 |
1,56,761 |
37,335 |
(b) Gold |
18,598 |
4,191 |
— |
— |
382 |
–7 |
–627 |
–24 |
2,550 |
802 |
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
–2 |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
–18 |
–4 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,773 |
1,270 |
3 |
–21 |
85 |
–41 |
–229 |
–46 |
1,225 |
305 |
* : Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves. For details, please refer to the Current Statistics section of the RBI Bulletin.
** : Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF),i.e., Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) which was shown as a memo item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004 has been included in the reserves from the week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with the international best practice.