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Variation over |
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Item |
As on May 5, 2006 |
Week |
End-March 2006 |
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 |
7,28,963 |
1,62,413 |
6,400 |
1,736 |
52,576 |
10,791 |
1,10,580 |
25,207 |
1,14,304 |
20,938 |
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(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
6,97,115 |
1,55,329 |
6,386 |
1,731* |
49,788 |
10,221 |
1,06,618 |
24,311 |
1,08,137 |
19,745 |
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(b) |
Gold |
28,335 |
6,301 |
— |
— |
2,661 |
546 |
4,565 |
1,027 |
8,942 |
1,858 |
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(c) |
SDRs |
25 |
6 |
— |
— |
13 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
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(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
3,488 |
777 |
15 |
5 |
114 |
21 |
–608 |
–132 |
–2,780 |
–666 |
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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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