Foreign Exchange Reserves

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तिथि: जुलाई 21, 2006


				Variation over
*Item*		As on Jul. 14, 2006		Week		End-March 2006		End-December 2005		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		7,55,011	1,62,659	2,077	–601	78,624	11,037	1,36,628	25,453	1,56,351	25,098

(a)	Foreign Currency Assets	7,22,989	1,55,716	2,065	–599*	75,662	10,608	1,32,492	24,698	1,50,497	24,169

(b)	Gold	28,479	6,180	—	—	2,805	425	4,709	906	9,104	1,727

(c)	SDRs	2	—	—	—	–10	–3	–18	–5	–16	–4

(d)	Reserve Position in the IMF**	3,541	763	12	–2	167	7	–555	–146	–3,234	–794

* : 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