(Rupees per unit of foreign currency)

Year

SDR

US Dollar

Pound Sterling

Deutsche Mark / Euro

Japanese Yen@

Average

End-year

Average

End-year

Average

End-year

Average

End-year

Average

End-year

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1970-71

7.5000

7.5020

7.5578

7.5020

18.0000

18.1320

2.0490

2.0670

2.0800

2.1000

1971-72

7.6735

7.9030

7.4731

7.2790

18.4000

19.0400

2.1974

2.2970

2.0400

2.4000

1972-73

8.4626

9.2370

7.6750

7.6570

18.8425

18.9720

2.4392

2.6980

3.0000

2.9000

1973-74

9.3979

9.4550

7.7925

7.8370

18.8000

18.7620

3.0075

3.1060

3.0000

2.8000

1974-75

9.6233

9.7230

7.9408

7.7940

18.8000

18.7760

3.1917

3.3240

3.0000

2.7000

1975-76

10.3642

10.3750

8.6825

8.9730

18.3933

17.1900

3.4458

3.5350

3.0000

3.0000

1976-77

10.3500

10.2060

8.9775

8.8040

15.5733

15.1440

3.6308

3.6860

3.0000

3.2000

1977-78

10.1605

10.4300

8.5858

8.4340

15.4292

15.6560

3.8358

4.1690

3.3300

3.8000

1978-79

10.4315

10.4880

8.2267

8.1500

15.9658

16.8610

4.2200

4.3640

4.0000

3.9000

1979-80

10.4935

10.2510

8.0975

8.1930

17.6550

17.7530

4.4717

4.2190

3.5800

3.3000

1980-81

10.1777

10.0620

7.9092

8.1900

18.5042

18.3800

4.1875

3.9000

3.7500

3.9000

1981-82

10.3354

10.4030

8.9683

9.3460

17.1096

16.6520

3.8607

3.8710

3.9400

3.8000

1982-83

10.5628

10.7540

9.6660

9.9700

16.1356

14.7460

3.9600

4.1090

3.8900

4.2000

1983-84

10.9405

11.3940

10.3400

10.7070

15.4174

15.4460

3.9402

4.1340

4.3800

4.8000

1984-85

11.9328

12.3210

11.8886

12.4300

14.8668

15.4500

3.9877

4.0190

4.8700

4.9000

1985-86

12.9232

13.9860

12.2349

12.3061

16.8467

18.2500

4.5553

5.3020

5.6200

6.8000

1986-87

15.4472

16.6210

12.7782

12.8882

19.0722

20.7490

6.2970

7.1620

8.0200

8.9000

1987-88

17.1208

17.9700

12.9658

13.0318

22.0872

24.3510

7.4004

7.8070

9.4100

10.3000

1988-89

19.2619

20.2080

14.4817

15.6630

25.5959

26.3990

8.0494

8.2590

11.3000

11.8000

1989-90

21.3684

22.4090

16.6492

17.3248

26.9179

28.3010

9.0922

10.1670

11.6600

11.0000

1990-91

24.8431

26.4140

17.9428

19.6429

33.1930

34.0500

11.4351

11.4270

12.7900

13.9000

1991-92

33.4325

35.5143

24.4737

31.2256

42.5151

53.6913

14.6248

18.3501

18.4400

23.2800

1992-93

37.1415

43.6511

30.6488

31.2354

51.6858

46.6200

19.5877

19.2864

24.5900

26.9900

1993-94

43.8863

44.3133

31.3655

31.3725

47.2064

46.5200

18.7403

18.7575

29.1100

35.5200

1994-95

45.7908

49.1558

31.3986

31.4950

48.8211

50.5650

20.2017

22.3600

31.6341

35.2900

1995-96

50.4768

50.1633

33.4498

34.3500

52.3526

52.4300

23.3993

23.3038

34.8425

32.3000

1996-97

50.8858

49.8032

35.4999

35.9150

56.3646

58.6938

22.9244

21.3863

31.5879

28.9500

1997-98

50.6735

52.7677

37.1648

39.4950

61.0240

66.1638

20.9613

21.3350

30.2990

29.7800

1998-99

57.5129

57.6132

42.0706

42.4350

69.5505

68.3588

24.1792

23.2863

*

33.1341

35.3300

1999-00

58.9335

58.7505

43.3327

43.6050

69.8510

69.5100

44.7909

41.7975

39.0606

41.4825

2000-01

59.5459

58.7969

45.6844

46.6400

67.5522

66.5788

41.4832

41.0113

41.4052

37.4338

2001-02

60.2150

60.8446

47.6919

48.8000

68.3189

69.5863

42.1811

42.6438

38.1790

36.8063

2002-03

64.1257

65.2550

48.3953

47.5050

74.8193

74.9225

48.0901

51.4925

39.7363

39.8925

2003-04

65.6876

64.2393

45.9516

43.4450

77.7389

79.6813

53.9896

53.1725

40.7077

41.6725

@ Rupees per 100 Yen.

* Data pertain to March 26, 1999.

Note : 1. Data from 1970-71 to 1991-92 are based on official exchange rates.

2. Data from 1992-93 onwards are based on FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India) indicative rates.

3. The Euro replaced the Deutsche Mark w.e.f. January 1, 1999.