Item |
As on Jul. 18, 2008 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March
2008 |
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 |
13,13,957 |
307,107 |
–4,255 |
–1,413 |
75,992 |
–2,617 |
2,28,937 |
31,791 |
4,18,169 |
85,064 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,72,151 |
297,371 |
–4,264 |
–1,415* |
76,128 |
–1,859 |
2,21,666 |
30,818 |
4,05,901 |
82,581 |
(b) Gold |
39,548 |
9,208 |
— |
— |
–576 |
–831 |
6,729 |
880 |
11,893 |
2,421 |
(c) SDRs |
47 |
11 |
— |
— |
–27 |
–8 |
34 |
8 |
41 |
10 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,211 |
517 |
9 |
2 |
467 |
81 |
508 |
85 |
334 |
52 |
* :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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