Appendix Table VI.8 : India's Foreign Exchange Reserves - आरबीआय - Reserve Bank of India
Appendix Table VI.8 : India's Foreign Exchange Reserves
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Foreign Exchange Reserves |
Foreign Exchange Reserves |
Total |
Movement |
Reserve |
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(Rupees crore) |
(US $ million) |
Foreign |
in Foreign |
Position |
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End of Month |
Exchange |
Exchange |
in the |
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SDRs* |
Gold $ |
Foreign |
Total |
SDRs |
Gold |
Foreign |
Total |
Reserves |
Reserves |
Fund |
|
Currency |
(2+3+4) |
Currency |
(6+7+8) |
(in SDR |
(in SDR |
(in SDR |
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Assets |
Assets |
million) |
million) @ |
million)+ |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
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March 1993 |
55 |
10,549 |
20,140 |
30,744 |
18 |
3,380 |
6,434 |
9,832 |
7,033 |
317 |
212 |
March 1994 |
339 |
12,794 |
47,287 |
60,420 |
108 |
4,078 |
15,068 |
19,254 |
13,631 |
6,598 |
212 |
(11,156) |
(6,141) |
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March 1995 |
23 |
13,752 |
66,005 |
79,780 |
7 |
4,370 |
20,809 |
25,186 |
16,137 |
2,506 |
212 |
(13,786) |
(2,630) |
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March 1996 |
280 |
15,658 |
58,446 |
74,384 |
82 |
4,561 |
17,044 |
21,687 |
14,841 |
-1,296 |
212 |
(12,167) |
(-1,619) |
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March 1997 |
7 |
14,557 |
80,368 |
94,932 |
2 |
4,054 |
22,367 |
26,423 |
19,052 |
4,211 |
212 |
(16,576) |
(4,409) |
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March 1998 |
4 |
13,394 |
1,02,507 |
1,15,905 |
1 |
3,391 |
25,975 |
29,367 |
21,983 |
2,931 |
212 |
(19,891) |
(3,315) |
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March 1999 |
34 |
12,559 |
1,25,412 |
1,38,005 |
8 |
2,960 |
29,522 |
32,490 |
23,928 |
1,945 |
489 |
(22,150) |
(2,259) |
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June 1999 |
1 |
11,732 |
1,32,505 |
1,44,238 |
- |
2,706 |
30,559 |
33,265 |
24,901 |
973 |
489 |
(23,279) |
(1,129) |
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September 1999 |
5 |
11,850 |
1,32,946 |
1,44,801 |
1 |
2,717 |
30,485 |
33,203 |
23,927 |
-1 |
489 |
(22,372) |
(222) |
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December 1999 |
18 |
12,791 |
1,39,134 |
1,51,943 |
4 |
2,939 |
31,992 |
34,935 |
25,453 |
1,525 |
489 |
(23,715) |
(1,565) |
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March 2000 |
16 |
12,973 |
1,52,924 |
1,65,913 |
4 |
2,974 |
35,058 |
38,036 |
28,240 |
4,312 |
489 |
(26,435) |
(4,285) |
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June 2000 |
38 |
13,173 |
1,50,901 |
1,64,112 |
8 |
2,948 |
33,774 |
36,730 |
27,466 |
-774 |
489 |
(25,665) |
(-770) |
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September 2000 |
8 |
13,057 |
1,50,195 |
1,63,260 |
2 |
2,834 |
32,602 |
35,438 |
27,304 |
-936 |
489 |
(25,523) |
(-912) |
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December 2000 |
7 |
13,143 |
1,74,207 |
1,87,357 |
2 |
2,811 |
37,264 |
40,077 |
30,759 |
2,519 |
489 |
(29,005) |
(2,570) |
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March 2001 |
11 |
12,711 |
1,84,482 |
1,97,204 |
2 |
2,725 |
39,554 |
42,281 |
33,540 |
5,300 |
489 |
(31,781) |
(5,346) |
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June 2001 |
20 |
13,163 |
1,91,226 |
2,04,409 |
4 |
2,798 |
40,652 |
43,454 |
34,884 |
1,344 |
489 |
(33,041) |
(1,260) |
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* |
At Rupee-SDR exchange rate at the end of the respective month. |
$ |
Gold has been valued close to international market price. |
@ |
Variations over the previous March. |
+ |
Cover drawal of Reserve Position in the Fund. |
Note : |
1.Gold holdings include acquisition of gold worth US $ 191million from the Government during 1991-92, US $ 29.4 million during 1992-93, US $ 139.3 million during 1993-94, US $ 315.0 million during 1994-95 and US $ 17.9 million during 1995-96. On the other hand, 1.27 tonnes of gold amounting to Rs 43.55 crore (US $11.97 million), 38.9 tonnes of gold amounting to Rs 1485.22 crore (US $ 376.0 million) and 0.06 tonnes of gold amounting to Rs. 2.13 crore (US $ 0.5 million) were repurchased by the Central Government on November 13, 1997, April 1, 1998 and October 5, 1998 respectively for meeting its redemption obligation under the Gold Bond Scheme. |
2.Conversion of foreign currency assets into US dollar and SDRs was done at exchange rates supplied by the IMF up to March 1999. Effective April 1, 1999, the conversion is at New York closing exchange rate. |
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3.Figures in brackets represent reserves adjusted for gold revaluation, pursuant to the practice of valuing gold reserves close to international market price, effective October 17, 1990. |