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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : May 28, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves
               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on May 20, 2005

Week

End-March2005

End-December 2004

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

6,07,562

1,39,654

–1,315

–520

–11,554

–1,860

35,884

8,476

70,478

21,082

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,81,887

1,33,767

–1,314

–518*

–11,234

–1,804

36,421

8,603

69,246

20,676

(b) Gold

19,393

4,443

–293

–57

–576

–139

795

252

(c) SDRs

19

4

–1

–1

–3

–1

11

2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,263

1,440

–1

–2

–26

2

42

13

426

152

*: 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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