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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Oct 20, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
       

Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 13, 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

7,50,659

1,64,951

–3,382

–324

74,272

13,329

1,32,276

27,745

1,07,202

21,516

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,19,221

1,58,105

–2,831

–205*

71,894

12,997

1,28,724

27,087

1,02,868

20,802

(b)

Gold

28,506

6,202

2,832

447

4,736

928

7,779

1,490

(c)

SDRs

6

1

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,926

643

–551

–119

–448

–113

–1,170

–266

–3,432

–773

                       

* : 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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