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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Sep 29, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
       

Variation over

Item

As on Sep. 22, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

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

7,65,218

1,66,482

1,294

940

88,831

14,860

1,46,835

29,276

1,36,892

23,465

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,31,248

1,59,175

1,290

936*

83,921

14,067

1,40,751

28,157

1,29,196

22,127

(b)

Gold

30,436

6,538

4,762

783

6,666

1,264

10,465

2,003

(c)

SDRs

6

1

–6

–2

–14

–4

–13

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,528

768

4

4

154

12

–568

–141

–2,756

–662

                       

* : 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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