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Variation over |
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Item |
As on Dec. 16, 2005 |
Week |
End-March2005 |
End-December 2004 |
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. |
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1 |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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Total Reserves |
6,58,286 |
1,45,000 |
–6,884 |
1,057 |
39,170 |
3,486 |
86,608 |
13,822 |
82,837 |
14,379 |
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(a) Foreign Currency Assets |
6,29,949 |
1,38,816 |
–6,843 |
1,042* |
36,828 |
3,245 |
84,483 |
13,652 |
81,044 |
14,150 |
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(b) Gold |
22,626 |
4,925 |
— |
— |
2,940 |
425 |
2,657 |
343 |
2,310 |
385 |
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(c) SDRs |
21 |
5 |
— |
1 |
1 |
— |
–1 |
— |
–1 |
— |
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(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,690 |
1,254 |
–41 |
14 |
–599 |
–184 |
–531 |
–173 |
–516 |
–156 |
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*: 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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