Foreign Exchange Reserves - ਆਰਬੀਆਈ - Reserve Bank of India
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Item |
As on Jan. 30, 2009 |
Variation over |
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Week |
End-March 2008 |
End-December 2008 |
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 |
12,18,692 |
248,611 |
1,272 |
990 |
-19,273 |
-61,112 |
-21,469 |
-7,357 |
66,703 |
-44,061 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
11,71,060 |
238,894 |
-1,164 |
589* |
-24,963 |
-60,336 |
-23,730 |
-7,709 |
57,009 |
-44,147 |
(b) Gold |
43,549 |
8,884 |
2,439 |
399 |
3,425 |
-1,155 |
2,439 |
399 |
7,313 |
-315 |
(c) SDRs |
15 |
3 |
— |
— |
-59 |
-15 |
2 |
— |
-21 |
-6 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
4,068 |
830 |
-3 |
2 |
2,324 |
394 |
-180 |
-47 |
2,402 |
407 |
* : 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. |
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** : 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. |