2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - ਆਰਬੀਆਈ - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Apr. 23, 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 |
5,20,235 |
1,17,879 |
4,332 |
287 |
30,106 |
4,920 |
49,763 |
14,728 |
1,52,358 |
40,197 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
4,96,333 |
1,12,394 |
4,312 |
291* |
30,118 |
4,946 |
51,101 |
14,777 |
1,48,442 |
38,922 |
(b) Gold |
18,216 |
4,198 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–1,009 |
–17 |
1,431 |
664 |
(c) SDRs |
10 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–3 |
–1 |
–9 |
–2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,676 |
1,285 |
20 |
–4 |
–12 |
–26 |
–326 |
–31 |
2,494 |
613 |
* : 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.