| | |
Variation over |
| Item |
As on Mar. 7, 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 |
12,29,342 |
303,460 |
26,811 |
2,225 |
3,61,120 |
104,281 |
1,44,322 |
28,144 |
3,68,662 |
109,050 | |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
11,89,438 |
293,471 |
26,767 |
2,221* |
3,52,841 |
101,547 |
1,38,953 |
26,918 |
3,61,330 |
106,413 | |
(b) |
Gold | 38,154 |
9,558 |
— |
— |
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** |
1,749 |
431 |
44 |
4 |
–295 |
–38 |
46 |
–1 |
–316 |
–36 | |
*: 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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