Foreign Exchange Reserves

RbiAnnouncementWeb

Date: January 12, 2007

(Rs. crore)
Item	As on Jan. 5, 2007		Variation over
	As on Jan. 5, 2007		Week		End-March 2006		End-December 2006		Year
	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	7,82,223	1,76,585	–1,759	–666	1,05,836	24,963	–1,759	–666	1,59,664	37,233
(a) Foreign Currency Assets	7,50,983	1,69,522	–1,755	–665 *	1,03,656	24,414	–1,755	–665	1,56,317	36,368
(b) Gold	28,824	6,517	—	—	3,150	762	—	—	5,054	1,243
(c) SDRs	4	1	—	—	–8	–2	—	—	–16	–4
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**	2,412	545	–4	–1	–962	–211	–4	–1	–1,691	–374
: 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.