Item |
As on Oct. 17, 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 |
13,31,787 |
273,886 |
–1,637 |
–118 |
93,822 |
–35,837 |
2,46,767 |
–1,430 |
2,92,737 |
12,743 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,89,344 |
264,861 |
–1,626 |
–116* |
93,321 |
–34,369 |
2,38,859 |
–1,692 |
2,81,369 |
11,537 |
(b) Gold |
40,205 |
8,565 |
— |
— |
81 |
–1,474 |
7,386 |
237 |
10,930 |
1,198 |
(c) SDRs |
17 |
4 |
— |
— |
–57 |
–14 |
4 |
1 |
–35 |
–9 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,221 |
456 |
–11 |
–2 |
477 |
20 |
518 |
24 |
473 |
17 |
* : 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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