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Date : May 14, 2005
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on May 6, 2005

Week

End-March2005

End-December 2004

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

6,14,659

1,41,475

–4,770

–423

–4,457

–39

42,981

10,297

84,635

22,896

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,88,978

1,35,584

–4,445

–366*

–4,143

13

43,512

10,420

83,332

22,489

(b) Gold

19,393

4,443

–293

–57

–293

–57

–576

–139

795

252

(c) SDRs

20

5

–2

10

3

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,268

1,443

–32

–21

5

47

16

498

152

*: 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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