VI.8 : Indias Foreign Exchange Reserves - ଆରବିଆଇ - Reserve Bank of India
VI.8 : India's Foreign Exchange Reserves
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Total |
Movement |
Reserve |
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Foreign Exchange Reserves |
Foreign Exchange Reserves |
Foreign |
in Foreign |
Position |
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(Rupees crore) |
(US $ million) |
Exchange |
Exchange |
in the |
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End of Month |
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 |
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Assets |
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million) |
million) @ |
million)+ |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
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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June 1997 |
12 |
14,054 |
90,983 |
1,05,049 |
3 |
3,924 |
25,404 |
29,331 |
21,130 |
2,078 |
212 |
(18,750) |
(2,174) |
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September 1997 |
108 |
13,415 |
92,982 |
1,06,505 |
30 |
3,708 |
25,697 |
29,435 |
21,561 |
2,509 |
212 |
(19,292) |
(2,716) |
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December 1997 |
304 |
13,013 |
93,978 |
1,07,295 |
77 |
3,313 |
23,965 |
27,355 |
20,274 |
1,222 |
212 |
(18,265) |
(1,689) |
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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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June 1998 |
344 |
12,826 |
1,01,831 |
1,15,001 |
81 |
3,020 |
23,933 |
27,034 |
20,303 |
- 1,680 |
212 |
(18,437) |
(- 1454) |
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September 1998 |
61 |
12,678 |
1,11,377 |
1,24,116 |
14 |
2,984 |
26,184 |
29,182 |
21,280 |
- 703 |
212 |
(19,506) |
(- 385) |
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December 1998 |
353 |
12,808 |
1,14,693 |
1,27,855 |
83 |
3,015 |
26,958 |
30,056 |
21,346 |
- 637 |
212 |
(19,607) |
(- 284) |
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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 P |
1 |
11,732 |
1,32,505 |
1,44,238 |
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2,706 |
30,559 |
33,265 |
24,901 |
973 |
489 |
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(23,278) |
(1,128) |
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P. |
Provisional |
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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 : |
Gold holdings include acquisition of gold worth US $ 191 million 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 during1995-96. 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. 1,485.22 crore (US $ 376.0 million) and 0.59 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. |
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2. |
Conversion of foreign currency assets and SDRs into US dollar is 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. |