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Variation over |
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Item |
As on May 12, 2006 |
Week |
End-March 2006 |
End-December 2005 |
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 |
7,37,666 |
1,63,755 |
8,703 |
1,342 |
61,279 |
12,133 |
1,19,283 |
26,549 |
1,28,789 |
23,581 |
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(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
7,05,780 |
1,56,666 |
8,664 |
1,337* |
58,453 |
11,558 |
1,15,283 |
25,648 |
1,22,579 |
22,381 |
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(b) |
Gold |
28,335 |
6,301 |
— |
— |
2,661 |
546 |
4,565 |
1,027 |
8,942 |
1,858 |
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(c) |
SDRs |
2 |
— |
–23 |
–6 |
–10 |
–3 |
–18 |
–5 |
–17 |
–4 |
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(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
3,550 |
788 |
62 |
11 |
176 |
32 |
–546 |
–121 |
–2,714 |
–654 |
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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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