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Variation over
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Item
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As on Feb. 17, 2006
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Week
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End-March2005
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End-December 2005
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Year
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Rs.Crore
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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
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total Reserves
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6,27,728
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1,41,240
|
6,976
|
811
|
8,612
|
–274
|
9,345
|
4,034
|
44,900
|
8,281
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(a) Foreign
Currency Assets
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5,99,346
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1,34,806
|
6,972
|
815*
|
6,225
|
–765
|
8,849
|
3,788
|
41,910
|
7,654
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(b) Gold
|
25,030
|
5,680
|
—
|
—
|
5,344
|
1,180
|
1,260
|
406
|
5,849
|
1,290
|
|
|
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|
|
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(c) SDRs
|
12
|
3
|
—
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—
|
–8
|
–2
|
–8
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–2
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–8
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–2
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(d) Reserve
Position in the IMF**
|
3,340
|
751
|
4
|
–4
|
–2,949
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–687
|
–756
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–158
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–2,851
|
–661
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|
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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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