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Variation over |
Item |
As on Sep. 19, 2008 |
Week |
End-March |
2008 |
End-December 2007 |
Year |
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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 |
13,50,213 |
291,972 |
27,074 |
2,511 |
1,12,248 |
–17,751 |
2,65,193 |
16,656 |
4,08,966 |
56,081 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
13,09,979 |
282,811 |
27,037 |
2,509* |
1,13,956 |
–16,419 |
2,59,494 |
16,258 |
3,98,664 |
54,239 |
(b) Gold |
38,064 |
8,692 |
— |
— |
–2,060 |
–1,347 |
5,245 |
364 |
9,878 |
1,811 |
(c) SDRs |
17 |
4 |
1 |
— |
–57 |
–14 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,153 |
465 |
36 |
2 |
409 |
29 |
450 |
33 |
415 |
29 |
* : 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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