Foreign Exchange Reserves

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ਤਾਰੀਖ: ਨਵੰਬਰ 30, 2007

			Variation over
Item	As on Nov. 23, 2007		Week		End-March 2007		End-December 2006		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	10,77,222	272,281	10,278	1,133	2,09,000	73,102	2,93,240	95,030	3,01,854	99,499
(a) Foreign Currency Assets	10,44,771	264,031	10,255	1,130 *	2,08,174	72,107	2,92,033	93,844	2,99,653	97,970
(b) Gold	30,712	7,811	—	—	1,139	1,027	1,888	1,294	3,392	1,743
(c) SDRs	13	3	—	—	5	1	9	2	9	2
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**	1,726	436	23	3	–318	–33	–690	–110	–1,200	–216
* : 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.