| | |
Variation over |
| Item |
As on Mar.
21, 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 |
12,31,832 |
304,657 |
–7,402 |
–1,831 |
3,63,610 |
105,478 |
1,46,812 |
29,341 |
3,67,259 |
106,911 | |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
11,91,856 |
294,649 |
–7,468 |
–1,847* |
3,55,259 |
102,725 |
1,41,371 |
28,096 |
3,59,841 |
104,257 | |
(b) Gold |
38,154 |
9,558 |
— |
— |
8,581 |
2,774 |
5,335 |
1,230 |
7,655 |
2,675 | |
(c) SDRs |
74 |
18 |
73 |
18 |
66 |
16 |
61 |
15 |
66 |
16 | |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
1,748 |
432 |
–7 |
–2 |
–296 |
–37 |
45 |
— |
–303 |
–37 | |
* : 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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