Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Nov 17, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
       

Variation over

Item

As on Nov. 10, 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

7,48,373

1,68,284

–1,089

1,168

71,986

16,662

1,29,990

31,078

97,346

25,976

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,18,149

1,61,563

–1,043

1,172*

70,822

16,455

1,27,652

30,545

95,114

25,440

(b)

Gold

27,320

6,068

1,646

313

3,550

794

5,377

1,204

(c)

SDRs

4

1

–29

–6

–8

–2

–16

–4

–17

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,900

652

–17

2

–474

–104

–1,196

–257

–3,128

–665

                       

* : 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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