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Date : Apr 28, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Apr. 21, 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

7,08,817

1,57,262

6,178

2,066

32,430

5,640

90,434

20,056

85,184

14,716

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,79,675

1,50,737

6,150

2,056*

32,348

5,629

89,178

19,719

82,074

14,142

                       

(b) Gold

25,674

5,755

1,904

481

5,988

1,255

                       

(c) SDRs

25

6

13

3

13

3

5

1

5

1

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,443

764

15

7

69

8

–653

–145

–2,883

–682

                       

*: 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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