Item |
As on Aug. 1, 2008 |
Variation over |
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 |
12,94,411 |
305,474 |
–1,038 |
–1,129 |
56,446 |
–4,250 |
2,09,391 |
30,158 |
3,68,730 |
76,132 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,50,829 |
295,216 |
–2,850 |
–1,653* |
54,806 |
–4,014 |
2,00,344 |
28,663 |
3,54,884 |
73,228 |
(b) Gold |
41,366 |
9,735 |
1,818 |
527 |
1,242 |
–304 |
8,547 |
1,407 |
13,516 |
2,848 |
(c) SDRs |
47 |
11 |
— |
— |
–27 |
–8 |
34 |
8 |
–2 |
–1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,169 |
512 |
–6 |
–3 |
425 |
76 |
466 |
80 |
332 |
57 |
* : 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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