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Variation over |
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Item |
As on Jul. 7, 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 |
7,52,934 |
1,63,260 |
2,234 |
348 |
76,547 |
11,638 |
1,34,551 |
26,054 |
1,55,695 |
26,361 |
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(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
7,20,924 |
1,56,315 |
2,223 |
347* |
73,597 |
11,207 |
1,30,427 |
25,297 |
1,49,820 |
25,418 |
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(b) |
Gold |
28,479 |
6,180 |
— |
— |
2,805 |
425 |
4,709 |
906 |
9,104 |
1,727 |
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(c) |
SDRs |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
–10 |
–3 |
–18 |
–5 |
–16 |
–4 |
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(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
3,529 |
765 |
11 |
1 |
155 |
9 |
–567 |
–144 |
–3,213 |
–780 |
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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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