|
Variation over |
Item |
As on Apr. 4, 2008 |
Week |
End-March 2008 |
End-December 2007 |
Year |
|
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 |
12,46,605 |
311,885 |
7,047 |
2,724 |
8,640 |
2,162 |
161,585 |
36,569 |
3,81,923 |
111,565 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
12,04,671 |
301,394 |
5,092 |
2,247* |
8,648 |
2,164 |
1,54,186 |
34,841 |
3,71,551 |
108,319 |
(b) |
Gold |
40,124 |
10,039 |
1,970 |
481 |
— |
— |
7,305 |
1,711 |
10,551 |
3,255 |
(c) |
SDRs |
74 |
18 |
— |
–1 |
— |
— |
61 |
15 |
66 |
16 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
1,736 |
434 |
–15 |
–3 |
–8 |
–2 |
33 |
2 |
–245 |
–25 |
* : 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. |
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