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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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