Foreign Exchange Reserves - RBI - Reserve Bank of India
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Item |
As on Nov. 24, 2006 |
Variation over |
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Week |
End-March 2006 |
End-December 2005 |
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. |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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Total Reserves |
7,75,368 |
1,72,782 |
8,596 |
2,427 |
98,981 |
21,160 |
1,56,985 |
35,576 |
1,24,801 |
30,605 |
|
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
7,45,118 |
1,66,061 |
8,590 |
2,424* |
97,791 |
20,953 |
1,54,621 |
35,043 |
1,22,514 |
30,062 |
(b) |
Gold |
27,320 |
6,068 |
— |
— |
1,646 |
313 |
3,550 |
794 |
5,377 |
1,204 |
(c) |
SDRs |
4 |
1 |
— |
— |
–8 |
–2 |
–16 |
–4 |
–17 |
–3 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,926 |
652 |
6 |
3 |
–448 |
–104 |
–1,170 |
–257 |
–3,073 |
–658 |
*: 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. |