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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Mar 14, 2008
Foreign Exchange Reserves


  

Variation over

Item

As on Mar. 7, 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

12,29,342

303,460

26,811

2,225

3,61,120

104,281

1,44,322

28,144

3,68,662

109,050

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

11,89,438

293,471

26,767

2,221*

3,52,841

101,547

1,38,953

26,918

3,61,330

106,413

(b)

Gold

38,154

9,558

8,581

2,774

5,335

1,230

7,655

2,675

(c)

SDRs

1

–7

–2

–12

–3

–7

–2

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

1,749

431

44

4

–295

–38

46

–1

–316

–36

*: 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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