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Date : Sep 03, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves
               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Aug. 26, 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

6,28,916

1,43,841

4,807

623

9,800

2,327

57,238

12,663

84,615

26,319

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,03,470

1,37,999

4,754

616*

10,349

2,428

58,004

12,835

84,331

25,898

                       

(b) Gold

19,116

4,395

–570

–105

–853

–187

–34

272

                       

(c) SDRs

19

4

–1

–1

–3

–1

12

3

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,311

1,443

53

7

22

5

90

16

306

146

*: 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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