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Variation over |
| Item |
As on Jan. 9, 2009 |
Week |
End-March 2008 |
End-December 2008 |
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 |
12,45,881 |
254,759 |
–1,614 |
–481 |
7,916 |
–54,964 |
5,720 |
–1,209 |
1,38,872 |
–26,970 | |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
12,00,580 |
245,417 |
–1,505 |
–458* |
4,557 |
–53,813 |
5,790 |
–1,186 |
1,28,106 |
–27,547 | |
(b) Gold |
41,110 |
8,485 |
— |
— |
986 |
–1,554 |
— |
— |
8,291 |
157 | |
(c) SDRs |
13 |
3 |
— |
— |
–61 |
–15 |
— |
— |
— |
— | |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
4,178 |
854 |
–109 |
–23 |
2,434 |
418 |
–70 |
–23 |
2,475 |
420 | |
* : 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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