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Date : Dec 16, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Dec. 9, 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

6,65,170

1,43,943

5,292

845

46,054

2,429

93,492

12,765

86,531

14,246

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,36,792

1,37,774

5,250

839*

43,671

2,203

91,326

12,610

84,741

14,023

                       

(b) Gold

22,626

4,925

2,940

425

2,657

343

2,310

385

                       

(c) SDRs

21

4

1

–1

–1

–1

–1

–1

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

5,731

1,240

42

6

–558

–198

–490

–187

–519

–161

                       

*: 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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