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Variation over
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Item
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As on Mar. 3, 2006
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Week
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End-March2005
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End-December 2005
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Year
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Rs.Crore
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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
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9
|
10
|
11
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total Reserves
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6,35,049
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1,43,148
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5,903
|
1,558
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15,933
|
1,634
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16,666
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5,942
|
33,810
|
5,589
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|
|
|
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|
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|
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(a) Foreign
Currency Assets
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6,06,149
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1,36,643
|
5,387
|
1,488*
|
13,028
|
1,072
|
15,652
|
5,625
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30,220
|
4,882
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(b) Gold
|
25,541
|
5,747
|
511
|
67
|
5,855
|
1,247
|
1,771
|
473
|
6,445
|
1,371
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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(c) SDRs
|
12
|
3
|
—
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—
|
–8
|
–2
|
–8
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–2
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–8
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–2
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|
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(d) Reserve
Position in the IMF**
|
3,347
|
755
|
5
|
3
|
–2,942
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–683
|
–749
|
–154
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–2,847
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–662
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|
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*: 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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