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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Nov 10, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
       

Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 3, 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

7,49,462

1,67,116

–6,590

24

73,075

15,494

1,31,079

29,910

1,01,977

24,498

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,19,192

1,60,391

–5,394

155*

71,865

15,283

1,28,695

29,373

99,708

23,971

(b)

Gold

27,320

6,068

–1,186

–134

1,646

313

3,550

794

5,377

1,204

(c)

SDRs

33

7

21

4

13

2

13

3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,917

650

–10

3

–457

–106

–1,179

–259

–3,121

–680

                       

* : 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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