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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jul 28, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
       

Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 21, 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

7,64,495

1,63,348

9,484

689

88,108

11,726

1,46,112

26,142

1,67,665

25,810

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,32,410

1,56,398

9,421

682*

85,083

11,290

1,41,913

25,380

1,61,741

24,877

                       

(b)

Gold

28,479

6,180

2,805

425

4,709

906

9,104

1,727

                       

(c)

SDRs

33

7

31

7

21

4

13

2

15

3

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,573

763

32

199

7

–523

–146

–3,195

–797

                       

* : 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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