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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Dec 01, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on Nov. 24, 2006

Variation over

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

7,75,368

1,72,782

8,596

2,427

98,981

21,160

1,56,985

35,576

1,24,801

30,605

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,45,118

1,66,061

8,590

2,424*

97,791

20,953

1,54,621

35,043

1,22,514

30,062

(b)

Gold

27,320

6,068

1,646

313

3,550

794

5,377

1,204

(c)

SDRs

4

1

–8

–2

–16

–4

–17

–3

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,926

652

6

3

–448

–104

–1,170

–257

–3,073

–658

*: 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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