2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - RBI - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on May 28, 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. |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
5,43,436 |
1,19,820 |
6,352 |
1,248 |
53,307 |
6,861 |
72,964 |
16,669 |
1,57,533 |
37,789 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,18,926 |
1,14,326 |
6,285 |
1,235* |
52,711 |
6,878 |
73,694 |
16,709 |
1,52,377 |
36,387 |
(b) Gold |
18,598 |
4,191 |
— |
— |
382 |
–7 |
–627 |
–24 |
2,550 |
802 |
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
— |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
2 |
1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,904 |
1,301 |
67 |
13 |
216 |
–10 |
–98 |
–15 |
2,604 |
599 |
* : 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.