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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Aug 06, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves

 

       

Variation over

Item

As on Jul. 29, 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

6,11,478

1,40,600

14,648

3,062

–7,638

–914

39,800

9,422

62,076

22,281

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

5,85,319

1,34,587

14,650

3,066*

–7,802

–984

39,853

9,423

60,587

21,620

                       

(b) Gold

19,375

4,453

–311

–47

–594

–129

720

396

                       

(c) SDRs

18

4

–2

–1

–4

–1

10

2

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,766

1,556

–2

–4

477

118

545

129

759

263

* : 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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