2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - আৰবিআই - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Aug. 20, 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 |
5,51,109 |
1,18,892 |
–957 |
–430 |
60,980 |
5,933 |
80,637 |
15,741 |
1,54,221 |
32,371 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,25,894 |
1,13,461 |
–1,008 |
–439* |
59,679 |
6,013 |
80,662 |
15,844 |
1,50,154 |
31,529 |
|
(b) Gold |
19,150 |
4,123 |
— |
— |
934 |
–75 |
–75 |
–92 |
2,410 |
495 |
|
(c) SDRs |
7 |
1 |
— |
— |
–3 |
–1 |
–6 |
–2 |
–9 |
–2 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,058 |
1,307 |
51 |
9 |
370 |
–4 |
56 |
–9 |
1,666 |
349 |
|
* : 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.