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Variation over
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Item
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As on Jan.
23, 2009
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Week
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End-March
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2008
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End-December 2008
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Year
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Rs. Crore
|
US$ Mn.
|
Rs. Crore
|
US$ Mn.
|
Rs. Crore
|
US$ Mn.
|
Rs. Crore
|
US$ Mn.
|
Rs. Crore
|
US$ Mn.
|
|
1
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2
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3
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4
|
5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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Total Reserves |
12,17,420 |
247,621 |
–12,179 |
–4,557 |
–20,545 |
–62,102 |
–22,741 |
–8,347 |
81,451 |
–40,695 |
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(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
11,72,224 |
238,305 |
–12,143 |
–4,542* |
–23,799 |
–60,925 |
–22,566 |
–8,298 |
70,819 |
–41,240 |
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(b) |
Gold |
41,110 |
8,485 |
— |
— |
986 |
–1,554 |
— |
— |
8,291 |
157 |
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(c) |
SDRs |
15 |
3 |
2 |
— |
–59 |
–15 |
2 |
— |
–21 |
–6 |
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(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
4,071 |
828 |
–38 |
–15 |
2,327 |
392 |
–177 |
–49 |
2,362 |
394 |
* : 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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