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Date : Sep 18, 2006

Table 214 : Exchange rate of the Indian rupee vis-à-vis the SDR, US dollar, pound sterling, D.M./euro and Japanese yen (high and low during the month)

(Rupees per unit of foreign currency)
Year / Month	SDR		US Dollar				Pound Sterling
			Buying		Selling		Buying		Selling
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1993
Apr	43.7120	44.8508	31.1818	31.3972	31.2305	31.4268	47.1143	49.6278	47.2255	49.7512
May	43.9867	44.8254	31.2989	31.3676	31.3283	31.3873	47.7327	49.3827	47.8469	49.5050
Jun	43.4704	44.8070	31.3283	31.4762	31.3480	31.4961	46.1894	48.6618	46.2963	48.7805
Jul	43.2357	43.8364	31.3578	31.3775	31.3725	31.3922	46.2428	47.3373	46.3499	47.4496
Aug	43.5776	44.2495	31.3650	31.3950	31.3700	31.4050	45.9075	47.4900	45.9400	47.5300
Sep	44.0503	44.8349	31.3625	31.3725	31.3725	31.3825	46.7125	48.5875	46.7600	49.1200
Oct	43.6131	44.6781	31.3675	31.3725	31.3725	31.3800	46.4550	48.2225	46.4975	48.2650
Nov	43.3744	43.8829	31.3650	31.3700	31.3700	31.3750	46.1425	46.7200	46.1650	46.7425
Dec	43.1023	43.6561	31.3675	31.3725	31.3725	31.3775	46.3800	47.2150	46.3925	47.2450
1994
Jan	42.9267	43.3565	31.3675	31.3700	31.3725	31.3750	46.2675	47.1700	46.3050	47.1925
Feb	43.1353	43.8960	31.3675	31.3725	31.3675	31.3725	45.7800	47.1450	45.8200	47.1725
Mar	43.7318	44.3133	31.3675	31.3700	31.3725	31.3750	45.5050	47.1025	46.5350	47.1250
Apr	43.7621	44.5887	31.3675	31.3775	31.3725	31.3825	45.9375	47.4425	45.9775	47.4825
May	44.1313	44.7471	31.3675	31.3700	31.3725	31.3750	46.7375	47.5300	46.7775	47.5550
Jun	44.1617	45.5107	31.3675	31.3750	31.3725	31.3800	47.1800	48.7125	47.2025	48.7525
Jul	45.2898	46.2569	31.3675	31.3725	31.3725	31.3775	47.8650	49.3100	47.9025	49.3500
Aug	45.2801	46.0396	31.3675	31.4275	31.3725	31.4350	48.0750	51.4250	48.1125	51.4400
Sep	45.4589	46.0622	31.3600	31.3750	31.3700	31.3800	48.1450	49.5825	48.1700	49.6125
Oct	45.7911	46.9123	31.3650	31.3800	31.3700	31.3850	49.4450	51.3100	49.4850	51.3350
Nov	45.7271	46.8967	31.3650	31.4275	31.3725	31.4350	48.1875	51.4250	48.2125	51.4400
Dec	45.4631	45.8101	31.3675	31.4200	31.3725	31.4300	48.0100	49.9325	48.0475	49.9325
1995
Jan	45.5470	46.3241	31.3625	31.3975	31.3675	31.4075	48.6750	50.1200	48.7150	50.1600
Feb	45.9470	46.9690	31.3675	31.4300	31.3725	31.4500	48.7050	50.0275	48.7275	50.0675
Mar	46.9792	49.3733	31.4500	31.9500	31.4675	31.9900	49.7825	52.2775	49.8300	52.3775
Apr	49.2489	50.0334	31.3750	31.4500	31.3850	31.4700	50.0050	50.8450	50.0825	50.8925
May	48.1277	49.7460	31.3900	31.4525	31.4000	31.4625	49.0075	50.7900	49.0550	50.8200
Jun	48.6284	49.3843	31.3725	31.4150	31.3825	31.4250	49.5675	50.4275	49.6125	50.4750
Jul	48.4519	49.2656	31.3675	31.3900	31.3750	31.4000	49.8150	50.2700	49.8625	50.3175
Aug	46.8265	48.8636	31.4000	31.9200	31.4100	31.9600	48.7475	50.5275	48.7850	50.5900
Sep	47.6037	51.2299	31.8900	34.0000	31.9200	34.3000	49.4450	53.6075	49.5150	53.7050
Oct	50.4913	53.5430	33.8100	35.6000	33.8500	35.7000	53.3200	56.1525	53.3975	56.3275
Nov	51.2215	52.3434	34.2500	34.9200	34.3000	34.9500	53.6225	55.0450	53.6875	55.1575
Dec	51.7061	52.2947	34.8250	35.1600	34.8350	35.1900	53.3950	54.6850	53.4600	54.7500
1996
Jan	52.0133	52.9919	35.1750	36.4600	35.1950	36.5000	53.9875	55.6025	54.0525	55.7025
Feb	51.4479	55.6523	35.0200	37.9000	35.0600	38.0000	53.6550	58.2525	53.7425	58.4450
Mar	49.7428	52.1734	34.0300	35.6500	34.0600	35.7500	51.8575	54.5550	51.9200	54.7450
Apr	49.3751	50.0576	34.1200	34.5000	34.1600	34.5400	51.5450	52.3800	51.5925	52.4425
May	49.9493	51.5340	34.4800	35.3800	34.5100	35.4300	51.5200	53.8425	51.5975	53.9350
Jun	50.2317	50.8654	34.8200	35.0800	34.8500	35.1000	53.5800	54.2300	53.6300	54.2800
Jul	50.5512	52.2905	35.0350	35.8400	35.0450	35.8700	54.3750	55.8375	54.4250	55.9225
Aug	51.8964	52.2234	35.5400	35.7700	35.5600	35.7900	54.8425	55.7650	54.8900	55.8325
Sep	51.4719	52.1706	35.6450	35.8000	35.6550	35.8200	55.4475	56.0825	55.5000	56.1475
Oct	51.2063	51.6015	35.5900	35.6750	35.6000	35.6850	55.6600	58.1975	55.6950	58.2475
Nov	51.5713	52.1802	35.6650	35.8050	35.6750	35.8150	58.1150	60.1300	58.1675	60.1825
Dec	51.2281	51.7706	35.6950	35.9300	35.7050	35.9500	58.5975	60.7300	58.6500	60.7850
1997
Jan	49.8410	51.7014	35.8400	35.9250	35.8500	35.9350	57.7475	61.4300	57.8000	61.4825
Feb	49.2562	49.9741	35.8600	35.9500	35.8700	35.9700	57.4475	58.9075	57.4975	58.9600
Mar	49.1970	49.8032	35.8300	35.9100	35.8400	35.9200	56.9525	58.6775	57.0025	58.7100
Apr	48.7795	49.7925	35.7450	35.8800	35.7550	35.9000	58.0275	59.1325	58.0700	59.1850
May	48.7559	50.1829	35.7500	35.8800	35.7600	35.8900	57.6050	59.1375	57.6550	59.1900
Jun	49.4920	50.1330	35.7650	35.8600	35.7750	35.8700	58.3525	59.7750	58.4125	59.8275
Jul	48.3478	49.9242	35.6950	35.8150	35.7000	35.8250	58.2375	60.4525	58.2700	60.5125
Aug	47.9254	49.6174	35.7050	36.3600	35.7150	36.4000	56.4225	58.7725	56.4725	58.8400
Sep	49.2807	49.8189	36.1700	36.6750	36.1800	36.6950	57.7100	58.5725	57.7600	58.6250
Oct	49.1988	50.3638	36.1600	36.3950	36.1700	36.4050	58.3425	60.6575	58.3775	60.6925
Nov	50.1121	52.5126	36.3400	38.5600	36.3500	38.5800	60.7900	64.8550	60.8425	64.9775
Dec	52.3994	54.6857	38.6450	39.7200	38.6650	39.7400	64.2200	66.4800	64.2925	66.5700
(Continued)

(Rupees per unit of foreign currency)
Year / Month	SDR		US Dollar				Pound Sterling
			Buying		Selling		Buying		Selling
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1998
Jan	51.8612	54.1466	38.4500	40.3500	38.4800	40.3700	63.2725	65.7475	63.3600	65.8000
Feb	52.0949	53.0427	38.6200	39.2850	38.6500	39.3000	63.0250	64.5500	63.1125	64.6100
Mar	52.7677	53.3919	39.3400	39.5500	39.3600	39.5700	64.4775	66.4900	64.6650	66.5400
Apr	52.5542	54.0123	39.4750	39.7400	39.4850	39.7500	65.5075	67.1650	65.5625	67.2200
May	53.4281	55.4419	39.7250	41.4800	39.7350	41.5100	64.9050	67.5175	64.9600	67.6075
Jun	55.5110	57.4119	41.7700	42.9100	41.8000	42.9300	68.0425	71.8525	68.1350	71.9300
Jul	56.2112	58.1984	42.2600	42.6000	42.2800	42.6200	69.2300	70.4950	69.3050	70.5625
Aug	56.2958	57.4247	42.4600	43.4100	42.4800	43.4300	69.2175	71.0325	69.2700	71.0925
Sep	57.4337	58.5477	42.4800	42.5500	42.4900	42.5700	70.3825	72.5725	70.4425	72.6325
Oct	58.6330	60.5205	42.2600	42.4400	42.2700	42.4500	70.4675	72.5250	70.5275	72.5850
Nov	58.5737	59.6117	42.2650	42.6200	42.2750	42.6300	70.0075	71.0400	70.0650	71.0775
Dec	59.0086	60.0170	42.4850	42.5900	42.4950	42.6000	70.1425	71.9050	70.2025	71.9650
1999
Jan	59.0652	60.2765	42.4700	42.5500	42.4800	42.5600	69.2150	70.8225	69.2700	70.8600
Feb	57.7174	59.2579	42.3900	42.5100	42.4000	42.5200	67.9525	69.8625	68.0100	69.9200
Mar	57.4982	58.0859	42.3900	42.5450	42.4000	42.5550	68.0875	69.3675	68.1475	69.4250
Apr	57.2957	58.2257	42.4350	42.9400	42.4450	42.9500	67.8425	69.3050	67.9025	69.3425
May	57.3748	58.0825	42.7200	42.9800	42.7300	43.0000	68.2775	69.9950	68.3150	70.0550
Jun	57.4155	58.1968	42.8650	43.3800	42.8750	43.4000	68.1775	69.4175	68.2150	69.4725
Jul	56.7988	59.0567	43.1900	43.3900	43.2000	43.4000	67.0150	69.8925	67.0750	69.9300
Aug	58.9444	59.7510	43.3150	43.5450	43.3250	43.5550	69.0950	70.5000	69.1475	70.5600
Sep	59.3999	60.2654	43.4750	43.5950	43.4850	43.6050	69.5725	71.8575	69.6325	71.9100
Oct	59.9509	60.6627	43.3100	43.5900	43.3200	43.6000	71.1800	72.7300	71.2400	72.7800
Nov	59.3488	60.2101	43.3700	43.4200	43.3800	43.4300	69.5700	71.4600	69.6075	71.5200
Dec	59.4137	59.9072	43.4000	43.5400	43.4100	43.5500	69.2975	70.7525	69.3350	70.8025
2000
Jan	59.0397	60.1416	43.4800	43.6350	43.4900	43.6450	70.4375	72.0825	70.4975	72.1125
Feb	58.4060	58.9044	43.5800	43.6350	43.5900	43.6450	69.3350	70.4450	69.3800	70.4825
Mar	58.2923	58.7505	43.5650	43.6050	43.5750	43.6150	68.3175	69.5075	68.3475	69.5350
Apr	57.5967	58.8607	43.6050	43.6500	43.6150	43.6600	68.6275	69.7350	68.6600	69.7725
May	57.0523	59.0556	43.6400	44.5700	43.6500	44.5800	64.7925	68.2025	64.8375	68.2400
Jun	58.7303	59.8113	44.5650	44.7800	44.5750	44.8000	66.7500	68.1950	66.8100	68.2325
Jul	58.8736	59.5652	44.6650	45.0100	44.6750	45.0200	66.7425	68.1475	66.7875	68.2075
Aug	59.2665	60.2487	45.1000	45.9000	45.1200	45.9200	66.3700	69.0075	66.4325	69.0375
Sep	58.7474	60.0066	45.5950	46.2100	45.6050	46.2400	63.9650	67.6000	64.0100	67.6475
Oct	59.2741	60.2296	46.0400	46.8400	46.0500	46.8600	66.6750	68.2575	66.7125	68.3350
Nov	59.4846	60.4271	46.6350	46.8850	46.6450	46.8950	65.5600	67.7750	65.6075	67.8225
Dec	60.0527	60.9292	46.6650	46.8400	46.6750	46.8500	66.9425	69.7225	66.9950	69.7825
2001
Jan	59.8430	61.4262	46.3400	46.7350	46.3500	46.7450	67.5475	70.3325	67.6075	70.3650
Feb	59.8372	60.5862	46.3850	46.6600	46.3950	46.6700	67.0575	68.5925	67.1025	68.6450
Mar	58.7969	60.4168	46.5200	46.7000	46.5300	46.7100	66.3525	68.4825	66.3900	68.5150
Apr	58.7762	59.7068	46.5500	46.9600	46.5600	46.9700	66.2500	67.6875	66.2875	67.7225
May	58.9362	59.5167	46.8100	47.0000	46.8200	47.0100	66.2500	67.6425	66.3125	67.6700
Jun	58.5624	59.1261	46.9500	47.0450	46.9600	47.0550	64.4525	66.7675	64.4750	66.8275
Jul	58.4262	59.4948	47.0600	47.1750	47.0700	47.1850	65.7375	67.3925	65.7700	67.4300
Aug	59.2969	60.7401	47.0950	47.1450	47.1050	47.1550	66.7425	68.8025	66.8050	68.8475
Sep	59.9384	62.4867	47.1250	48.1600	47.1350	48.2000	68.0750	71.0350	68.1375	71.1200
Oct	60.7914	62.1280	47.9200	48.1600	47.9300	48.1800	68.3275	71.3200	68.3650	71.3750
Nov	60.3978	61.4878	47.9600	48.0300	47.9700	48.0400	67.7875	70.2600	67.8200	70.3125
Dec	60.3774	60.7581	47.7800	48.3000	47.7900	48.3200	67.7775	70.0200	67.8300	70.0725
2002
Jan	59.8727	61.0106	48.2300	48.5700	48.2400	48.5800	68.1525	70.2825	68.2075	70.3200
Feb	60.1399	60.8947	48.5300	48.8400	48.5400	48.8500	68.4650	69.8600	68.4950	69.9200
Mar	60.5426	61.1976	48.6850	48.8200	48.6950	48.8300	68.8875	69.6275	68.9150	69.6500
Apr	60.9883	62.2072	48.7950	49.0400	48.8050	49.0500	69.9375	71.3975	69.9775	71.4375
May	62.1462	63.2811	48.9500	49.0550	48.9600	49.0650	71.0000	71.8825	71.0400	71.9325
Jun	63.1724	65.0199	48.8400	49.0350	48.8500	49.0450	71.3075	74.5650	71.3450	74.6100
Jul	64.2038	65.6551	48.6650	48.8400	48.6750	48.8500	74.1200	77.0575	74.1650	77.1225
Aug	63.7637	64.6856	48.4700	48.6800	48.4800	48.6900	73.7075	76.1550	73.7450	76.1950
Sep	63.3894	64.6906	48.3700	48.5300	48.3800	48.5400	74.3500	76.0275	74.3900	76.0725
Oct	63.4518	64.0254	48.3300	48.4400	48.3400	48.4500	74.6050	76.1475	74.6425	76.1725
Nov	63.8191	64.8101	48.1900	48.3400	48.2000	48.3500	74.6200	76.7725	74.6600	76.8125
Dec	63.7341	64.9654	47.9500	48.3200	47.9600	48.3300	75.0550	77.0700	75.1200	77.1100

(Rupees per unit of foreign currency)
Year / Month	SDR		US Dollar				Pound Sterling
			Buying		Selling		Buying		Selling
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
2003
Jan	64.8799	66.1030	47.7950	48.0200	47.8050	48.0300	76.5000	78.9950	76.5450	79.0350
Feb	65.1063	65.9565	47.6650	47.8550	47.6750	47.8650	75.0400	78.8900	75.1025	78.9175
Mar	64.6350	66.0044	47.5000	47.7850	47.5100	47.7950	74.3725	76.5075	74.4100	76.5475
Apr	64.1820	65.5282	47.3250	47.4550	47.3350	47.4650	73.5800	75.6675	73.6300	75.7075
May	64.1737	66.8034	46.7800	47.3500	46.7900	47.3600	75.5300	77.6625	75.5675	77.7275
Jun	65.0980	66.6385	46.4800	47.1550	46.4900	47.1750	76.2975	78.5575	76.3525	78.5975
Jul	64.0098	65.4455	46.0800	46.4800	46.0900	46.4900	73.1575	77.3050	73.1975	77.3575
Aug	62.8346	64.3178	45.8200	46.1500	45.8300	46.1600	71.7750	74.4725	71.8200	74.5125
Sep	62.9164	64.9773	45.7050	46.0600	45.7150	46.0700	71.8150	76.1100	71.8575	76.1350
Oct	64.6396	65.4305	45.2800	45.7000	45.2900	45.7100	75.3525	77.0775	75.3875	77.1175
Nov	64.2418	66.1621	45.2575	45.9300	45.2625	45.9400	75.4875	78.7600	75.5250	78.8150
Dec	66.1415	67.7750	45.5100	45.7750	45.5200	45.7850	78.3875	81.1450	78.4375	81.1850
2004
Jan	66.9685	68.3195	45.3000	45.6200	45.3100	45.6300	81.2250	84.0550	81.2650	84.1100
Feb	66.9721	68.4641	45.2350	45.3050	45.2450	45.3150	82.5400	85.7800	82.5825	85.8225
Mar	64.2393	67.1695	43.4300	45.2950	43.4600	45.3050	79.6475	84.6475	79.7150	84.6900
Apr	63.6493	64.9865	43.5600	44.4000	43.5700	44.4200	77.8450	80.9650	77.8850	81.0050
May	64.7216	66.6698	44.6700	45.9500	44.6800	45.9700	79.4775	83.5975	79.5475	83.6400
Jun	65.7229	67.6366	44.9750	46.1700	44.9850	46.1800	81.9475	84.3675	81.9925	84.4075
Jul	67.3836	68.2589	45.6300	46.4400	45.6400	46.4500	83.3650	86.0650	83.4050	86.1050
Aug	67.4573	68.3737	46.2400	46.4500	46.2500	46.4600	82.8550	85.4950	82.8975	85.5275
Sep	67.0965	67.8873	45.7800	46.3600	45.7900	46.3700	81.6900	83.5125	81.7350	83.5450
Oct	67.1641	68.5636	45.4500	45.9150	45.4600	45.9250	81.6275	84.0700	81.6675	84.0975
Nov	67.8716	68.9384	44.7500	45.5000	44.7600	45.5100	83.0850	85.0750	83.1250	85.1100
Dec	67.3686	68.3751	43.5800	44.6400	43.5900	44.6600	83.9400	85.5300	83.9725	85.5900
2005
Jan	66.3473	67.2780	43.4300	44.0100	43.4400	44.0200	81.3075	83.0625	81.3475	83.0900
Feb	65.4570	66.8861	43.3500	43.8400	43.3600	43.8500	80.9525	83.8850	80.9875	83.9325
Mar	65.9304	67.2088	43.5150	43.8200	43.5250	43.8300	81.5500	84.1650	81.5950	84.2100
Apr	65.7004	66.4328	43.6400	43.8200	43.6500	43.8300	81.7950	83.9500	81.8225	83.9850
May	64.4405	66.0607	43.2900	43.6800	43.3000	43.6900	79.2975	82.9375	79.3375	82.9975
Jun	63.3774	64.4156	43.4850	43.7550	43.4950	43.7650	78.6875	79.8725	78.7100	79.9000
Jul	62.9133	63.4816	43.3800	43.6300	43.3900	43.6400	75.5375	77.5575	75.5650	77.6050
Aug	63.4268	64.4658	43.4500	44.0350	43.4600	44.0450	76.4900	79.0750	76.5150	79.1200
Sep	63.6910	65.2290	43.7350	44.1100	43.7450	44.1200	77.7000	80.6950	77.7400	80.7575
Oct	63.5736	65.4780	44.0850	45.2650	44.0950	45.2750	77.4175	80.4050	77.4625	80.4800
Nov	64.9195	65.5536	45.1800	45.9800	45.1900	45.9900	78.5000	80.2950	78.5800	80.3275
Dec	64.4168	66.1039	45.0150	46.3200	45.0250	46.3300	77.7300	81.6875	77.7600	81.7250
2006
Jan	63.6987	64.7350	44.0650	45.0400	44.0750	45.0500	77.4775	79.0050	77.5350	79.0625
Feb	63.3798	64.0586	44.1450	44.5500	44.1550	44.5600	76.7875	78.6725	76.8175	78.7025
Mar	63.5159	64.3869	44.3200	44.6850	44.3300	44.6950	76.8900	78.0075	76.9200	78.0375
Apr	64.1490	66.1538	44.6000	45.2950	44.6100	45.3150	77.1225	81.0575	77.1625	81.0900
May	66.3121	69.3746	44.8600	46.4250	44.8700	46.4350	81.8525	87.4125	81.8800	87.4550
Jun	67.6251	68.7432	45.8150	46.3900	45.8250	46.4000	84.2150	86.3425	84.2500	86.3800
Jul	68.1417	69.2224	45.9700	46.9600	45.9800	46.9700	84.6900	86.8825	84.7175	86.9200

(Rupees per unit of foreign currency)
Year/ Month	Deutsche Mark / Euro				Japanese Yen @
	Buying			Selling	Buying		Selling
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low
1	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1993
Apr	19.2678	19.9601	19.305	20	27.3224	28.4091	27.3973	28.49
May	19.1571	19.8807	19.1939	19.9203	28.0112	29.1545	28.0899	29.2398
Jun	18.2815	19.7239	18.315	19.7628	28.169	29.9401	28.2486	30.03
Jul	18.018	18.5529	18.0505	18.5874	28.5714	29.4985	28.6533	29.5858
Aug	18.115	18.82	18.1175	18.8375	29.78	30.7475	29.8025	30.7825
Sep	18.725	19.66	18.735	19.6775	29.5025	30.1475	29.5375	30.1825
Oct	18.6	19.6675	18.615	19.6775	28.987	29.785	28.9025	29.8125
Nov	18.275	18.625	18.285	18.6325	28.8225	29.4475	28.8525	29.4825
Dec	18.08	18.5275	18.0825	18.5425	28.0175	29.08	28.0475	29.11
1994
Jan	17.9025	18.1725	17.915	18.185	27.675	28.7375	27.705	28.77
Feb	17.81	18.3575	17.8175	18.37	28.79	30.7525	28.8225	30.7875
Mar	18.2025	18.8275	18.21	18.8375	29.4125	30.5	29.445	30.535
Apr	18.2902	18.8575	18.2975	18.8675	29.86	30.9475	29.8925	30.9625
May	18.705	19.145	18.7175	19.16	29.91	31.0825	29.93	31.1175
Jun	18.77	19.89	18.775	19.9	29.7625	31.7	29.78	31.7225
Jul	19.5925	20.545	19.6025	20.5625	31.3925	32.2875	31.4025	32.325
Aug	19.72	20.43	19.735	20.44	30.91	32.5625	30.945	32.605
Sep	19.84	20.4225	19.855	20.44	31.3575	32.045	31.3775	32.085
Oct	20.1625	21.045	20.055	21.0575	31.165	32.4425	31.2	32.4525
Nov	19.96	21.0325	19.975	21.0525	31.695	32.5625	31.7325	32.605
Dec	19.8525	20.205	19.87	20.225	31.2	31.68	31.235	31.7175
1995
Jan	20.08	20.845	20.0925	20.8625	30.92	31.8625	30.955	31.88
Feb	20.4325	21.4325	20.4425	21.4525	31.495	32.4975	31.535	32.535
Mar	21.475	23.5	21.4925	23.5425	32.54	35.775	32.5575	35.8175
Apr	22.405	23.2125	22.4275	23.2375	36.325	39.09	36.38	39.1225
May	21.6375	23.035	21.66	23.06	35.895	37.9375	35.9475	37.995
Jun	22.0925	22.69	22.115	22.715	36.8175	37.4675	36.8725	37.525
Jul	22.3075	22.7675	22.3325	22.78	35.335	37.055	35.3825	37.09
Aug	21.2925	22.695	21.31	22.71	32.12	35.6475	32.1525	35.7
Sep	21.7075	23.9275	21.7375	23.9725	32.125	34.475	32.195	34.5325
Oct	23.5075	25.555	23.55	25.64	33.3475	35.2775	33.4175	35.395
Nov	24.2925	24.8425	24.3225	24.88	33.2925	34.56	33.3725	34.615
Dec	24.0975	24.5525	24.12	24.575	34.1025	34.495	34.1575	34.525
1996
Jan	24.11	24.9175	24.1375	24.95	33.495	34.21	33.545	34.2525
Feb	23.85	25.8075	23.885	25.885	33.445	35.9925	33.495	36.1225
Mar	22.9575	24.11	22.9825	24.1875	32	33.6	32.05	33.7075
Apr	22.37	23.1225	22.3875	23.1575	31.44	33.11	31.48	33.1775
May	22.5025	23.28	22.53	23.3275	32.4	33.7425	32.45	33.8075
Jun	22.7025	23.1475	22.73	23.16	31.825	32.465	31.87	32.485
Jul	22.9675	24.24	23.0025	24.27	31.7025	33.8825	31.7625	33.915
Aug	23.895	24.92	23.915	24.935	32.845	33.4275	32.87	33.4625
Sep	23.475	24.1875	23.4875	24.2125	32.295	32.89	32.32	32.92
Oct	23.115	23.64	23.1325	23.6525	31.14	32.0825	31.175	32.105
Nov	23.325	23.845	23.3375	23.8675	31.2025	32.185	31.23	32.225
Dec	22.79	23.275	22.8125	23.3025	30.9275	31.9075	30.95	31.9325
1997
Jan	21.7075	23.3075	21.725	23.3275	29.34	31.1325	29.36	31.1675
Feb	21.0625	21.83	21.075	21.845	28.795	29.7475	28.815	30.2875
Mar	20.9125	21.385	20.93	21.3975	28.895	29.655	28.925	29.6875
Apr	20.64	21.4725	20.6525	21.49	28.1825	29.2625	28.21	29.295
May	20.7125	21.26	20.7275	21.27	28.195	31.6525	28.2125	31.675
Jun	20.6075	20.9375	20.625	20.9475	30.7225	32.145	30.7575	32.1825
Jul	19.335	20.535	19.3475	20.5475	30.1275	31.785	30.1425	31.8225
Aug	18.92	20.2725	18.9325	20.29	29.9625	31.03	29.9975	31.0525
Sep	19.9025	20.6475	19.925	20.66	29.6575	30.805	29.6775	30.835
Oct	20.2375	21.105	20.255	21.12	29.56	30.2225	29.5925	30.2575
Nov	20.9475	22.0925	20.96	22.131	29.17	30.265	29.19	30.3275
Dec	21.7675	22.5075	21.7875	22.525	29.7725	30.785	29.8	30.825

TABLE 214 : EXCHANGE RATE OF THE INDIAN RUPEE VIS-À-VIS THE SDR,
US DOLLAR, POUND STERLING, D.M. / EURO AND JAPANESE YEN
(High and low during the month) (Contd.)
(Rupees per unit of foreign currency)
Year/ Month	Deutsche Mark / Euro				Japanese Yen @
	Buying			Selling		Buying	Selling
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low
1	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1998
Jan	21.0175	22.0875	21.04	22.105	29.6875	31.29	29.725	31.32
Feb	21.145	21.84	21.1675	21.8575	30.3675	31.485	30.4075	31.5275
Mar	21.33	21.7925	21.34	21.81	29.7725	31.4125	29.79	31.44
Apr	21.2975	22.1875	21.3075	22.2	29.3275	30.705	29.35	30.745
May	22.2825	23.335	22.295	23.365	29.69	30.3525	29.72	30.3975
Jun	23.2075	23.9375	23.23	23.955	29	31.14	29.0325	31.1775
Jul	23.2025	24.03	23.2275	24.0475	29.605	30.715	29.6375	30.74
Aug	23.525	24.145	23.5425	24.165	28.96	30.0675	28.9925	30.1275
Sep	24.205	25.3725	24.215	25.3825	30.5375	32.245	30.565	32.285
Oct	25.4375	26.2375	25.4475	26.2525	31.4475	36.7125	31.465	36.7375
Nov	24.86	25.615	24.88	25.6375	34.44	36.6225	34.4625	36.6775
Dec	25.185	25.87	25.1975	25.89	34.6275	37.4475	34.65	37.5075
1999
Jan	48.4625	50.44	48.5375	50.58	36.6175	38.4225	36.6425	38.465
Feb	46.6325	48.22	46.69	48.2775	34.7525	37.95	34.775	37.975
Mar	45.52	46.7475	45.5425	46.78	34.625	36.1325	34.6475	36.1725
Apr	45.34	46.2475	45.3925	46.275	34.945	36.235	34.9675	36.26
May	44.8075	46.1075	44.8425	46.135	34.3025	35.73	34.3375	35.7675
Jun	44.225	45.2425	44.275	45.285	35.255	36.505	35.29	36.545
Jul	43.755	46.4275	43.775	46.4475	35.3275	37.5625	35.3625	37.5875
Aug	45.405	46.6775	45.46	46.705	37.515	39.2975	37.555	39.325
Sep	44.915	46.52	44.94	46.5475	39.2325	42.02	39.26	42.05
Oct	45.57	47.1875	45.5975	47.22	40.3725	41.6825	40.4025	41.7325
Nov	43.84	45.705	43.8925	45.7425	40.8875	42.3575	40.9225	42.41
Dec	43.4525	44.66	43.47	44.7125	41.9975	42.8725	42.0475	42.925
2000
Jan	42.8175	45.0825	42.8375	45.135	40.815	42.6575	40.8425	42.6875
Feb	41.6475	43.875	41.6825	43.9025	39.23	40.595	39.2575	40.64
Mar	41.615	42.615	41.6475	42.6375	39.9275	41.4675	39.9475	41.4975
Apr	39.84	42.135	39.865	42.165	40.865	42.0425	40.895	42.0725
May	38.4425	41.4725	38.4725	41.49	39.9325	41.7975	39.975	41.815
Jun	41.7475	43.1475	41.785	43.175	41.0025	42.76	41.03	42.7725
Jul	41.3875	42.7025	41.4	42.7575	41.075	42.185	41.1175	42.2125
Aug	40.86	41.9025	40.89	41.935	41.205	43.155	41.2275	43.175
Sep	39.12	41.2025	39.1375	41.235	42.5625	43.32	42.6125	43.3575
Oct	38.815	40.545	38.8375	40.5625	42.21	43.1225	42.2375	43.1425
Nov	39.315	40.5575	39.3475	40.5925	42.1625	43.55	42.2025	43.58
Dec	40.985	43.455	41.0175	43.4875	40.725	42.37	40.7525	42.4
2001
Jan	42.6175	44.6775	42.65	44.7125	38.9875	41.0375	39.0125	41.0825
Feb	42.1125	43.6675	42.145	43.695	39.4275	40.3675	39.4625	40.41
Mar	41.0025	43.5525	41.02	43.585	37.425	39.675	37.4425	39.7025
Apr	41.1875	42.3	41.23	42.3325	36.9975	38.56	37.02	38.575
May	39.98	41.9875	40.0125	42.0125	37.8925	39.43	37.9325	39.455
Jun	39.6425	40.63	39.665	40.6475	37.675	39.5275	37.6975	39.585
Jul	39.4875	41.5725	39.505	41.605	37.48	38.2375	37.5025	38.265
Aug	41.305	43.3175	41.3375	43.345	37.7725	39.67	37.79	39.69
Sep	41.845	44.6525	41.8575	44.69	38.87	41.14	38.88	41.1825
Oct	42.7675	44.3325	42.8	44.39	38.9925	40.1375	39.02	40.1525
Nov	42.08	43.3875	42.1125	43.42	38.57	39.8925	38.595	39.9275
Dec	42.24	43.12	42.2975	43.1525	36.5425	38.765	36.5775	38.7875
2002
Jan	41.6525	43.61	41.665	43.6425	35.86	36.9025	35.88	36.94
Feb	41.6725	42.7	41.705	42.72	36.14	36.78	36.165	36.805
Mar	42.17	43.1725	42.2025	43.2075	36.6675	38.195	36.7025	38.2175
Apr	42.76	44.22	42.79	44.2475	36.5675	38.3175	36.5875	38.3275
May	44.1825	45.945	44.2175	45.965	38.075	39.4575	38.0975	39.47
Jun	45.705	48.3125	45.72	48.3425	38.955	40.855	38.9775	40.88
Jul	47.555	49.525	47.58	49.555	40.52	42.105	40.545	42.1425
Aug	46.9225	47.955	46.9825	47.975	40.2725	41.455	40.2975	41.485
Sep	46.77	48.2475	46.7925	48.265	39.12	41.3075	39.145	41.325
Oct	46.9575	47.79	47.015	47.825	38.6	39.6025	38.6225	39.6175
Nov	47.7725	48.8725	47.7975	48.9075	39.2675	40.3325	39.2925	40.3575
Dec	47.9725	50.335	47.9975	50.37	38.5175	40.5252	38.5425	40.54

(Rupees per unit of foreign currency)
Year/ Month	Deutsche Mark / Euro				Japanese Yen @
	Buying			Selling	Buying		Selling
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low
1	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
2003
Jan	49.74	52.0625	49.765	52.0975	39.9725	40.625	39.9925	40.65
Feb	51.14	52.1425	51.175	52.1675	39.295	40.73	39.32	40.7575
Mar	50.58	52.5425	50.61	52.5725	39.4	40.7825	39.4175	40.8025
Apr	50.255	52.6775	50.28	52.6925	39.235	39.9675	39.26	39.9925
May	53.0925	55.8075	53.1175	55.8475	39.545	40.87	39.57	40.8975
Jun	53.11	55.4825	53.145	55.5075	38.805	39.765	38.83	39.78
Jul	51.5	53.695	51.5225	53.725	38.4075	39.22	38.435	39.245
Aug	49.68	52.5775	49.7025	52.6075	38.28	39.1575	38.2975	39.175
Sep	49.54	52.6825	49.565	52.7075	38.9725	41.1825	38.99	41.21
Oct	52.415	53.7225	52.44	53.7475	40.845	41.945	40.865	41.97
Nov	51.6875	54.7475	51.72	54.7925	41.0975	42.1325	41.125	42.1525
Dec	54.76	57.3	54.795	57.3375	41.74	42.66	41.7675	42.69
2004
Jan	56.14	58.3025	56.175	58.3275	42.2825	42.9475	42.3125	42.9975
Feb	56.2825	58.0325	56.3175	58.0775	41.3475	42.9725	41.3675	42.9925
Mar	53.145	56.655	53.2	56.69	40.3475	42.2775	40.375	42.3075
Apr	51.9675	53.9775	51.9925	54.0125	40.2	41.9675	40.235	41.9975
May	53.2	55.715	53.2375	55.745	39.49	41.595	39.5275	41.615
Jun	54.1225	56.0925	54.1475	56.1325	40.685	42.72	40.7225	42.735
Jul	55.795	57.2825	55.82	57.3025	41.5225	42.4425	41.55	42.47
Aug	55.5475	57.3225	55.5825	57.35	41.305	42.3725	41.325	42.39
Sep	55.8275	56.8325	55.8575	56.865	41.3375	42.41	41.365	42.4275
Oct	56.285	58.46	56.3125	58.4825	41.26	42.89	41.2875	42.92
Nov	57.6125	59.6225	57.6575	59.66	42.23	43.7675	42.25	43.8025
Dec	58.415	59.5775	58.44	59.605	41.9375	43.27	41.965	43.31
2005
Jan	56.8875	58.6375	56.9225	58.6775	41.87	42.76	41.015	42.805
Feb	55.6675	57.8925	55.695	57.9225	41.3475	42.12	41.38	42.1425
Mar	56.515	58.5375	56.54	58.565	40.7975	41.885	40.8175	41.9075
Apr	56.1175	57.2625	56.145	57.2875	40.2625	41.455	40.275	41.4775
May	54.115	56.355	54.14	56.38	40.315	41.58	40.335	41.5975
Jun	52.3925	53.93	52.4225	53.955	39.5125	40.76	39.5275	40.7825
Jul	51.72	53.135	51.745	53.16	38.4725	39.1425	38.49	39.165
Aug	52.8625	54.325	52.895	54.3475	38.685	39.835	38.7125	39.8475
Sep	52.795	54.9175	52.825	54.935	38.9525	40.0725	38.965	40.0925
Oct	52.5525	54.77	52.5775	54.795	38.615	39.3375	38.6325	39.375
Nov	53.415	54.5925	53.445	54.6275	38.3475	39.005	38.37	39.03
Dec	53.41	55.07	53.43	55.0975	38.115	39.1625	38.1325	39.18
2006
Jan	53.27	54.38	53.3025	54.41	37.4925	38.8725	37.515	38.895
Feb	52.6375	53.6625	52.6675	53.6925	37.2125	38.2225	37.23	38.24
Mar	52.86	54.175	52.8875	54.2	37.4525	38.3075	37.465	38.3275
Apr	53.76	56.3825	53.775	56.4075	37.6075	39.3825	37.625	39.405
May	56.43	59.795	56.4525	59.8225	39.4075	41.5	39.43	41.5275
Jun	57.7325	59.335	57.765	59.38	39.675	41.0425	39.7	41.055
Jul	58.53	59.3075	58.5475	59.3325	39.895	40.645	39.9175	40.6675
@ Rupees per 100 Yen. Note : 1. Data are based on FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India) indicative rates. 2. The Euro replaced the Deutsche Mark w.e.f. January 1,1999.