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|
Variation over |
Item |
As on
Oct. 3, 2008 |
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 |
13,31,166 |
283,941 |
–21,456 |
–7,878 |
93,201 |
–25,782 |
2,46,146 |
8,625 |
3,38,480 |
32,611 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
12,88,783 |
274,911 |
–23,569 |
–7.741* |
92,760 |
–24,319 |
2,38,298 |
8,358 |
3,27,106 |
31,387 |
(b) |
Gold |
40,205 |
8,565 |
2,141 |
–127 |
81 |
–1,474 |
7,386 |
237 |
10,930 |
1,198 |
(c) |
SDRs |
17 |
4 |
— |
— |
–57 |
–14 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,161 |
461 |
–28 |
–10 |
417 |
25 |
458 |
29 |
435 |
24 |
* : 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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