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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jun 30, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Jun. 23, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

End-December 2005

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

7,48,421

1,61,960

–586

–1,073

72,034

10,338

1,30,038

24,754

1,43,361

23,070

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,12,297

1,54,177

–595

–1,070*

64,970

9,069

1,21,800

23,159

1,33,203

21,235

                       

(b)

Gold

32,549

7,010

6,875

1,255

8,779

1,736

13,430

2,634

                       

(c)

SDRs

2

–10

–3

–18

–5

–16

–4

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,573

773

9

–3

199

17

–523

–136

–3,256

–795

                       

*: 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.


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