Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Feb 29, 2008
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

 

Variation over

Item

As on Feb. 22,
2008

Week

End-March
2007

End-December 2007

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

11,77,311

294,610

16,088

1,754

3,09,089

95,431

92,291

19,294

3,22,231

101,486

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,39,388

284,989

16,066

1,751 *

3,02,791

93,065

88,903

18,436

3,15,214

98,861

(b)

Gold

36,236

9,199

6,663

2,415

3,417

871

7,396

2,670

(c)

SDRs

1

–7

–2

–12

–3

–7

–2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,686

422

22

3

–358

–47

–17

–10

–372

–43

* : 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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