Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Oct 28, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

Item

As on Oct. 21, 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

6,44,701

1,43,096

1,244

–339

25,585

1,582

73,023

11,918

92,476

22,480

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,17,556

1,36,961

1,203

–342*

24,435

1,390

72,090

11,797

90,737

21,860

                       

(b) Gold

20,727

4,712

1,041

212

758

130

1,378

520

                       

(c) SDRs

20

4

1

–1

–2

–1

13

3

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,398

1,419

40

3

109

–19

177

–8

348

97

                       

*: 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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