2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - આરબીઆઈ - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Apr. 2, 2004 |
Week |
End-March 2004 |
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 |
4,93,085 |
1,12,690 |
–6,426 |
1,068 |
2,956 |
–269 |
22,613 |
9,539 |
1,34,205 |
36,984 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
4,69,104 |
1,07,175 |
–5,595 |
1,050* |
2,889 |
–273 |
23,872 |
9,558 |
1,30,185 |
35,673 |
(b) Gold |
18,216 |
4,198 |
–750 |
8 |
— |
— |
–1,009 |
–17 |
1,431 |
664 |
(c) SDRs |
10 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–3 |
–1 |
–9 |
–2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,755 |
1,315 |
–81 |
10 |
67 |
4 |
–247 |
–1 |
2,598 |
649 |
* : 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.