2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - आरबीआई - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Apr. 9, 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 |
5,06,160 |
1,16,060 |
13,075 |
3,370 |
16,031 |
3,101 |
35,688 |
12,909 |
1,43,835 |
39,642 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
4,82,263 |
1,10,560 |
13,159 |
3,385* |
16,048 |
3,112 |
37,031 |
12,943 |
1,39,903 |
38,347 |
(b) Gold |
18,216 |
4,198 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–1,009 |
–17 |
1,431 |
664 |
(c) SDRs |
10 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–3 |
–1 |
–9 |
–2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,671 |
1,300 |
–84 |
–15 |
–17 |
–11 |
–331 |
–16 |
2,510 |
633 |
* : 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.