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Variation over |
Item |
As on Sep. 12, 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 |
13,23,139 |
289,461 |
42,189 |
650 |
85,174 |
–20,262 |
2,38,119 |
14,145 |
3,83,589 |
57,274 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,82,942 |
280,302 |
42,241 |
676* |
86,919 |
–18,928 |
2,32,457 |
13,749 |
3,73,342 |
55,432 |
(b) Gold |
38,064 |
8,692 |
— |
— |
–2,060 |
–1,347 |
5,245 |
364 |
9,878 |
1,811 |
(c) SDRs |
16 |
4 |
— |
— |
–58 |
–14 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,117 |
463 |
–52 |
–26 |
373 |
27 |
414 |
31 |
361 |
29 |
* : 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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