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Date : Jul 16, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves
               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Jul. 8, 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

5,97,239

1,36,899

-1,046

- 544

-21,877

-4,615

25,561

5,721

44,471

16,121

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

5,71,104

1,30,897

-995

- 529*

-22,017

-4,674

25,638

5,733

43,011

15,492

                       

(b)

Gold

19,375

4,453

-

-

-311

-47

-594

-129

720

396

                       

(c)

SDRs

18

4

-

-

-2

- 1

- 4

- 1

10

2

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,742

1,545

-51

-15

453

107

521

118

730

231

                       

*: 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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