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Variation over |
Item |
As on Aug.
29, 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 |
12,93,157 |
295,309 |
4,394 |
–1,977 |
55,192 |
–14,415 |
2,08,137 |
19,993 |
3,55,795 |
66,462 |
|
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,52,904 |
286,117 |
7,685 |
–932* |
56,881 |
–13,113 |
2,02,419 |
19,564 |
3,45,603 |
64,608 |
|
(b) Gold |
38,064 |
8,692 |
–3,302 |
–1,043 |
–2,060 |
–1,347 |
5,245 |
364 |
9,878 |
1,811 |
|
(c) SDRs |
16 |
4 |
— |
— |
–58 |
–15 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
|
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,173 |
496 |
11 |
–2 |
429 |
60 |
470 |
64 |
307 |
41 |
* : 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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