2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - ربی - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Apr. 16, 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 |
5,15,903 |
1,17,592 |
9,743 |
1,532 |
25,774 |
4,633 |
45,431 |
14,441 |
1,52,309 |
40,845 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
4,92,021 |
1,12,103 |
9,758 |
1,543* |
25,806 |
4,655 |
46,789 |
14,486 |
1,48,406 |
39,564 |
|
(b) Gold |
18,216 |
4,198 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–1,009 |
–17 |
1,431 |
664 |
|
(c) SDRs |
10 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–3 |
–1 |
–9 |
–2 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,656 |
1,289 |
–15 |
–11 |
–32 |
–22 |
–346 |
–27 |
2,481 |
619 |
*: 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.