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Variation over |
Item |
As on Apr. 18, 2008 |
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 |
12,52,286 |
313,534 |
4,665 |
1,167 |
14,321 |
3,811 |
1,67,266 |
38,218 |
3,95,103 |
109,653 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
12,10,133 |
302,988 |
4,665 |
1,168* |
14,110 |
3,758 |
1,59,648 |
36,435 |
3,84,476 |
106,356 |
(b) |
Gold |
40,124 |
10,039 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
7,305 |
1,711 |
10,551 |
3,255 |
(c) |
SDRs |
74 |
18 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
61 |
15 |
66 |
16 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
1,955 |
489 |
— |
–1 |
211 |
53 |
252 |
57 |
10 |
26 |
* :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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