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Variation over |
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Item |
As on May 19, 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 |
7,40,516 |
1,62,962 |
2,850 |
–793 |
64,129 |
11,340 |
1,22,133 |
25,756 |
1,32,954 |
23,308 |
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(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
7,08,625 |
1,55,879 |
2,845 |
–787* |
61,298 |
10,771 |
1,18,128 |
24,861 |
1,26,738 |
22,112 |
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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 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
–10 |
–3 |
–18 |
–5 |
–17 |
–4 |
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(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
3,554 |
782 |
5 |
–6 |
180 |
26 |
–542 |
–127 |
–2,709 |
–658 |
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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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