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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Sep 08, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
       

Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 1, 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

7,74,546

1,66,458

4,028

1,132

98,159

14,836

1,56,163

29,252

1,34,790

20,903

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,40,536

1,59,152

4,098

1,152*

93,209

14,044

1,50,039

28,134

1,27,175

19,593

                       

(b)

Gold

30,436

6,538

–60

–19

4,762

783

6,666

1,264

10,465

2,003

                       

(c)

SDRs

6

1

–6

–2

–14

–4

–14

–3

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,568

767

–10

–1

194

11

–528

–142

–2,836

–690

                       

* : 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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