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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Apr 14, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Apr. 7, 2006

Week

End-March2006

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

6,88,221

1,54,209

11,834

2,587

11,834

2,587

69,838

17,003

69,075

12,752

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,59,148

1,47,692

11,821

2,584*

11,821

2,584

68,651

16,674

65,959

12,168

                       

(b) Gold

25,674

5,755

1,904

481

5,988

1,255

                       

(c) SDRs

12

3

–8

–2

–8

–2

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,387

759

13

3

13

3

–709

–150

–2,864

–669

                       

*: 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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