2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - ఆర్బిఐ - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on May 7, 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 |
5,30,024 |
1,18,579 |
4,283 |
89 |
39,895 |
5,620 |
59,552 |
15,428 |
1,54,701 |
39,056 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,05,646 |
1,13,095 |
4,217 |
84* |
39,431 |
5,647 |
60,414 |
15,478 |
1,50,947 |
37,931 |
|
(b) Gold |
18,598 |
4,191 |
— |
— |
382 |
–7 |
–627 |
–24 |
2,550 |
802 |
|
(c) SDRs |
10 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–3 |
–1 |
–16 |
–4 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,770 |
1,291 |
66 |
5 |
82 |
–20 |
–232 |
–25 |
1,220 |
327 |
* : 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.