2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - ଆରବିଆଇ - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Jun. 11, 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 |
5,38,310 |
1,19,345 |
–2,658 |
–333 |
48,181 |
6,386 |
67,838 |
16,194 |
1,50,081 |
36,222 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,14,349 |
1,14,072 |
–2,637 |
–331* |
48,134 |
6,624 |
69,117 |
16,455 |
1,46,680 |
35,325 |
(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** |
5,849 |
1,297 |
–21 |
–2 |
161 |
–14 |
–153 |
–19 |
2,571 |
595 |
*: 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.