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Variation over |
| Item |
As on May 16, 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 |
13,37,188 |
314,081 |
44,105 |
1,381 |
99,223 |
4,358 |
2,52,168 |
38,765 |
5,02,625 |
110,099 |
| (a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
12,96,760 |
304,118 |
43,873 |
1,342* |
1,00,737 |
4,888 |
2,46,275 |
37,565 |
4,93,135 |
107,633 |
| (b) |
Gold |
38,141 |
9,427 |
— |
— |
–1,983 |
–612 |
5,322 |
1,099 |
9,090 |
2,391 |
| (c) |
SDRs |
47 |
11 |
–28 |
–7 |
–27 |
–8 |
34 |
8 |
41 |
10 |
| (d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,240 |
525 |
260 |
46 |
496 |
89 |
537 |
93 |
359 |
65 |
| *: 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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