Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Oct 19, 2007
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

Variation over

Item

As on Oct. 12,
2007

Week

End-March
2007

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

10,09,846

256,686

17,160

5,356

1,41,624

57,507

2,25,864

79,435

2,59,187

91,735

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

9,78,844

248,880

17,167

5,356 *

1,42,247

56,956

2,26,106

78,693

2,59,623

90,775

(b) Gold

29,275

7,367

–298

583

451

850

769

1,165

(c) SDRs

8

2

4

1

2

1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,719

437

–7

–325

–32

–697

–109

–1,207

–206

* : 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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