2. Foreign Exchange Reserves - RBI - Reserve Bank of India
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
Variation over |
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Item |
As on Apr. 30, 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. |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
5,25,741 |
1,18,490 |
5,506 |
611 |
35,612 |
5,531 |
55,269 |
15,339 |
1,53,741 |
39,943 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
5,01,429 |
1,13,011 |
5,096 |
617* |
35,214 |
5,563 |
56,197 |
15,394 |
1,49,992 |
38,806 |
(b) Gold |
18,598 |
4,191 |
382 |
–7 |
382 |
–7 |
–627 |
–24 |
2,550 |
802 |
(c) SDRs |
10 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–3 |
–1 |
–9 |
–2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,704 |
1,286 |
28 |
1 |
16 |
–25 |
–298 |
–30 |
1,208 |
337 |
* : 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.