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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Feb 16, 2007
Foreign Exchange Reserves

(Rs. crore)

Item

As on Feb. 9, 2007

Variation over

Week

End-March

2006

End-December 2006

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

8,15,527

1,85,078

21,297

5,031

1,39,140

33,456

31,545

7,827

1,94,775

44,649

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

7,84,638

1,78,084

21,689

5,119 *

1,37,311

32,976

31,900

7,897

1,92,264

44,093

(b) Gold

28,840

6,529

3,166

774

16

12

3,810

849

(c) SDRs

8

2

–36

–8

–4

–1

4

1

–4

–1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,041

463

–356

–80

–1,333

–293

–375

–83

–1,295

–292

* : 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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