2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - আৰবিআই - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Jul. 30, 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 |
5,49,402 |
1,18,319 |
–3,178 |
–1,256 |
59,273 |
5,360 |
78,930 |
15,168 |
1,53,982 |
32,655 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,24,732 |
1,12,967 |
–3,171 |
–1,248* |
58,517 |
5,519 |
79,500 |
15,350 |
1,50,528 |
31,900 |
(b) Gold |
18,655 |
4,057 |
— |
— |
439 |
–141 |
–570 |
–158 |
1,915 |
429 |
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
— |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
–17 |
–3 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,007 |
1,293 |
–7 |
–8 |
319 |
–18 |
5 |
–23 |
1,556 |
329 |
* : 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.