2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - આરબીઆઈ - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Jun. 4, 2004 |
Week |
End-March2004 |
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 |
5,40,968 |
1,19,678 |
–2,468 |
–142 |
50,839 |
6,719 |
70,496 |
16,527 |
1,55,206 |
37,303 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,16,986 |
1,14,403 |
–1,940 |
77* |
50,771 |
6,955 |
71,754 |
16,786 |
1,51,797 |
36,405 |
(b) Gold |
18,104 |
3,974 |
–494 |
–217 |
–112 |
–224 |
–1,121 |
–241 |
828 |
301 |
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
— |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
2 |
1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,870 |
1,299 |
–34 |
–2 |
182 |
–12 |
–132 |
–17 |
2,579 |
596 |
* : 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.