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Variation over |
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Item |
As on Mar. 31, 2006 |
Week |
End-March2005 |
End-December 2005 |
Year |
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Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs.Crore |
US$ Mn. |
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1 |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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Total Reserves |
6,76,387 |
1,51,622 |
12,590 |
2,960 |
57,271 |
10,108 |
58,004 |
14,416 |
58,624 |
10,418 |
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(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
6,47,327 |
1,45,108 |
12,446 |
2,949* |
54,206 |
9,537 |
56,830 |
14,090 |
55,558 |
9,846 |
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(b) Gold |
25,674 |
5,755 |
133 |
8 |
5,988 |
1,255 |
1,904 |
481 |
5,988 |
1,255 |
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(c) SDRs |
12 |
3 |
— |
— |
–8 |
–2 |
–8 |
–2 |
–8 |
–2 |
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(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
3,374 |
756 |
11 |
3 |
–2,915 |
–682 |
–722 |
–153 |
–2,914 |
–681 |
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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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