2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - ఆర్బిఐ - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Jun. 18, 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 |
5,47,218 |
1,19,932 |
8,908 |
587 |
57,089 |
6,973 |
76,746 |
16,781 |
1,60,257 |
36,825 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,23,187 |
1,14,659 |
8,838 |
587* |
56,972 |
7,211 |
77,955 |
17,042 |
1,58,101 |
36,213 |
|
(b) Gold |
18,104 |
3,974 |
— |
— |
–112 |
–224 |
–1,121 |
–241 |
828 |
301 |
|
(c) SDRs |
8 |
2 |
— |
— |
–2 |
— |
–5 |
–1 |
2 |
1 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,919 |
1,297 |
70 |
— |
231 |
–14 |
–83 |
–19 |
1,326 |
310 |
|
* : 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.