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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jun 23, 2006
Foreign Exchange Reserves
   

Variation over

Item

As on Jun. 16, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

End-December 2005

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

7,49,007

1,63,033

719

157

72,620

11,411

1,30,624

25,827

1,40,594

23,467

                       

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,12,892

1,55,247

733

160*

65,565

10,139

1,22,395

24,229

1,30,474

21,634

                       

(b)

Gold

32,549

7,010

6,875

1,255

8,779

1,736

13,430

2,634

                       

(c)

SDRs

2

–10

–3

–18

–5

–17

–4

                       

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,564

776

–14

–3

190

20

–532

–133

–3,293

–797

                       

*: 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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