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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jan 05, 2007
Foreign Exchange Reserves

(Rs. crore)

 

 

Variation over

Item

As on Dec. 29, 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

7,83,982

1,77,251

–1,949

1,018

1,07,595

25,629

1,65,599

40,045

1,65,599

40,045

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

7,52,738

1,70,187

–1,684

996 *

1,05,411

25,079

1,62,241

39,169

1,62,241

39,169

(b) Gold

28,824

6,517

–243

23

3,150

762

5,054

1,243

5,054

1,243

(c) SDRs

4

1

–8

–2

–16

–4

–16

–4

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,416

546

–22

–1

–958

–210

–1,680

–363

–1,680

–363

* : 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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