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Date : Jun 25, 2005
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves
               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Jun. 17, 2005

Week

End-March 2005

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

6,08,413

1,39,566

4,936

1,040

-10,703

-1,948

36,735

8,388

61,195

19,634

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

5,82,418

1,33,613

4,955

1,046*

-10,703

- 1,958

36,952

8,449

59,231

18,954

                       

(b)

Gold

19,119

4,376

-

-

-567

-124

-850

-206

1,015

402

                       

(c)

SDRs

19

4

-

-

- 1

-1

-3

-1

11

2

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,857

1,573

-19

- 6

568

135

636

146

938

276

                       

*: 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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