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Variation over |
Item |
As on Aug. 24, 2007 |
Week |
End-March 2007 |
End-December 2006 |
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 |
9,41,888 |
228,849 |
1,335 |
2,404 |
73,666 |
29,670 |
1,57,906 |
51,598 |
1,71,370 |
63,523 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
9,12,157 |
221,505 |
1,346 |
2,402 * |
75,560 |
29,581 |
1,59,419 |
51,318 |
1,75,719 |
63,505 |
(b) Gold |
27,850 |
6,887 |
— |
— |
–1,723 |
103 |
–974 |
370 |
–2,646 |
330 |
(c) SDRs |
9 |
2 |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
1,872 |
455 |
–11 |
2 |
–172 |
–14 |
–544 |
–91 |
–1,706 |
–313 |
* : 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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