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Date : Jul 09, 2005
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Jul. 1, 2005

Week

End-March 2005

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

5,98,285

1,37,443

- 6,775

-1,447

-20,831

-4,071

26,607

6,265

46,403

17,365

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

5,72,099

1,31,426

-6,995

-1,516*

-21,022

-4,145

26,633

6,262

44,857

16,708

                       

(b)

Gold

19,375

4,453

256

77

-311

-47

-594

-129

720

396

                       

(c)

SDRs

18

4

-

-

-2

- 1

-4

- 1

10

2

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,793

1,560

-36

-8

504

122

572

133

816

259

                       

*: 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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