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Variation over |
Item |
As on May 23, 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 |
13,52,232 |
316,171 |
15,044 |
2,090 |
1,14,267 |
6,448 |
2,67,212 |
40,855 |
5,19,710 |
111,237 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
13,11,772 |
306,203 |
15,012 |
2,085* |
1,15,749 |
6,973 |
2,61,287 |
39,650 |
5,10,172 |
108,765 |
|
(b) Gold |
38,141 |
9,427 |
— |
— |
–1,983 |
–612 |
5,322 |
1,099 |
9,090 |
2,391 |
|
(c) SDRs |
47 |
11 |
— |
— |
–27 |
–8 |
34 |
8 |
41 |
10 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,272 |
530 |
32 |
5 |
528 |
94 |
569 |
98 |
407 |
71 |
* : 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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