Item |
As on Oct. 10, 2008 |
Variation over |
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 |
13,33,424 |
274,004 |
2,258 |
–9,937 |
95,459 |
–35,719 |
2,48,404 |
–1,312 |
3,23,578 |
17,318 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,90,970 |
264,977 |
2,187 |
–9,934* |
94,947 |
–34,253 |
2,40,485 |
–1,576 |
3,12,126 |
16,097 |
(b) Gold |
40,205 |
8,565 |
— |
— |
81 |
–1,474 |
7,386 |
237 |
10,930 |
1,198 |
(c) SDRs |
17 |
4 |
— |
— |
–57 |
–14 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,232 |
458 |
71 |
–3 |
488 |
22 |
529 |
26 |
513 |
21 |
* : 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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