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Variation over |
Item |
As on Nov. 7, 2008 |
Week |
End-March 2008 |
End-December 2007 |
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 |
12,01,761 |
251,364 |
–43,683 |
–1,519 |
–36,204 |
–58,359 |
1,16,741 |
–23,952 |
1,38,885 |
–18,817 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
11,58,308 |
242,527 |
–43,612 |
–1,518* |
–37,715 |
–56,703 |
1,07,823 |
–24,026 |
1,27,903 |
–19,396 |
(b) Gold |
41,281 |
8,382 |
— |
— |
1,157 |
–1,657 |
8,462 |
54 |
10,569 |
571 |
(c) SDRs |
41 |
9 |
–2 |
— |
–33 |
–9 |
28 |
6 |
–11 |
–4 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,131 |
446 |
–69 |
–1 |
387 |
10 |
428 |
14 |
424 |
12 |
*: 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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