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Date : Nov 11, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Nov. 4, 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

6,47,485

1,42,618

–273

–1,156

28,369

1,104

75,807

11,440

96,101

20,394

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,19,484

1,36,420

–1,099

–1,212*

26,363

849

74,018

11,256

93,921

19,887

                       

(b) Gold

21,943

4,864

1,216

152

2,257

364

1,974

282

2,167

513

                       

(c) SDRs

20

4

–1

–2

–1

–4

–1

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,038

1,330

–390

–96

–251

–108

–183

–97

17

–5

                       

*: 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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