2. Foreign Exchange Reserves |
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Variation over |
Item |
As on Oct. 24, 2008 |
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 |
12,88,201 |
258,415 |
–43,586 |
–15,471 |
50,236 |
–51,308 |
2,03,181 |
–16,901 |
2,51,092 |
–4,035 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
12,45,722 |
249,394 |
–43,622 |
–15,467* |
49,699 |
–49,836 |
1,95,237 |
–17,159 |
2,39,682 |
–5,235 |
(b) |
Gold |
40,205 |
8,565 |
— |
— |
81 |
–1,474 |
7,386 |
237 |
10,930 |
1,198 |
(c) |
SDRs |
43 |
9 |
26 |
5 |
–31 |
–9 |
30 |
6 |
–9 |
–4 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,231 |
447 |
10 |
–9 |
487 |
11 |
528 |
15 |
489 |
6 |
* : 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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