2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - ஆர்பிஐ - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Jul. 9, 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. |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
Total Reserves |
5,52,768 |
1,20,778 |
886 |
700 |
62,639 |
7,819 |
82,296 |
17,627 |
1,64,007 |
36,547 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,28,093 |
1,15,405 |
851 |
687* |
61,878 |
7,957 |
82,861 |
17,788 |
1,61,014 |
35,847 |
|
(b) Gold |
18,655 |
4,057 |
— |
— |
439 |
–141 |
–570 |
–158 |
1,473 |
359 |
|
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
— |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
2 |
1 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,012 |
1,314 |
35 |
13 |
324 |
3 |
10 |
–2 |
1,518 |
340 |
|
* : 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.