2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - आरबीआई - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Jun. 25, 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 |
5,47,939 |
1,19,407 |
721 |
–525 |
57,810 |
6,448 |
77,467 |
16,256 |
1,62,423 |
36,526 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,23,851 |
1,14,129 |
664 |
–530* |
57,636 |
6,681 |
78,619 |
16,512 |
1,60,156 |
35,898 |
(b) Gold |
18,104 |
3,974 |
— |
— |
–112 |
–224 |
–1,121 |
–241 |
828 |
301 |
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
— |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
2 |
1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,976 |
1,302 |
57 |
5 |
288 |
–9 |
–26 |
–14 |
1,437 |
326 |
: 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.