| |
Variation over |
| Item |
As on Feb.
29, 2008 |
Week |
End-March
2007 |
End-
December 2007 |
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 |
12,02,531 |
301,235 |
25,220 |
6,625 |
3,34,309 |
102,056 |
1,17,511 |
25,919 |
3,40,669 |
106,601 | |
(a) Foreign
Currency Assets |
11,62,671 |
291,250 |
23,283 |
6,261 * |
3,26,074 |
99,326 |
1,12,186 |
24,697 |
3,33,385 |
103,968 | |
(b) Gold |
38,154 |
9,558 |
1,918 |
359 |
8,581 |
2,774 |
5,335 |
1,230 |
7,655 |
2,675 | |
(c) SDRs |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
–7 |
–2 |
–12 |
–3 |
–7 |
–2 | |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
1,705 |
427 |
19 |
5 |
–339 |
–42 |
2 |
–5 |
–364 |
–40 | |
* : 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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