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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Aug 22, 2008
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

 

Variation over

Item

As on Aug. 15,
2008

Week

End-March
2008

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

12,68,052

296,210

1,726

–3,800

30,087

–13,514

1,83,032

20,894

3,27,499

69,765

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

12,24,545

285,975

1,756

–3,785*

28,522

–13,255

1,74,060

19,422

3,13,734

66,872

(b) Gold

41,366

9,735

1,242

–304

8,547

1,407

13,516

2,848

(c) SDRs

16

4

–30

–7

–58

–15

3

1

7

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

2,125

496

–8

381

60

422

64

242

43

* : 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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