2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - আৰবিআই - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on May 21, 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. |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
Total Reserves |
5,37,084 |
1,18,572 |
–1,519 |
–56 |
46,955 |
5,613 |
66,612 |
15,421 |
1,54,297 |
37,054 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,12,641 |
1,13,091 |
–1,583 |
–74* |
46,426 |
5,643 |
67,409 |
15,474 |
1,49,203 |
35,665 |
|
(b) Gold |
18,598 |
4,191 |
— |
— |
382 |
–7 |
–627 |
–24 |
2,550 |
802 |
|
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
— |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
2 |
1 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,837 |
1,288 |
64 |
18 |
149 |
–23 |
–165 |
–28 |
2,542 |
586 |
* : 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.