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Date : Mar 03, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Feb. 24, 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

6,29,146

1,41,590

1,418

350

10,030

76

10,763

4,384

36,456

5,932

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,00,762

1,35,155

1,416

349*

7,641

–416

10,265

4,137

33,473

5,311

                       

(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

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,342

752

2

1

–2,947

–686

–754

–157

–2,858

–667

                       

*: 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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