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Date : Oct 15, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Oct. 7, 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

6,35,187

1,43,353

5,872

294

16,071

1,839

63,509

12,175

88,279

24,049

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,08,117

1,37,210

5,808

290*

14,996

1,639

62,651

12,046

86,530

23,401

                       

(b) Gold

20,727

4,712

1,041

212

758

130

1,378

520

                       

(c) SDRs

19

4

–1

–1

–3

–1

13

3

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,324

1,427

64

4

35

–11

103

358

125

*: 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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