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Date : Feb 17, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Feb. 10, 2006

Week

End-March2005

End-December 2005

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

6,20,752

1,40,429

1,727

452

1,636

–1,085

2,369

3,223

51,613

10,449

   

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,92,374

1,33,991

2,455

616*

–747

–1,580

1,877

2,973

48,605

9,814

   

(b) Gold

25,030

5,680

5,344

1,180

1,260

406

5,849

1,290

   

(c) SDRs

12

3

–8

–2

–8

–2

–8

–2

–33

–7

   

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,336

755

–720

–162

–2,953

–683

–760

–154

–2,808

–648

   

* : 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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