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Date : Sep 10, 2005
Foreign Exchange Reserves
               
             

Variation over

     

Item

As on Sep. 2, 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

6,39,756

1,45,555

10,840

1,714

20,640

4,041

68,078

14,377

95,134

27,979

                       

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,13,361

1,39,559

9,891

1,560*

20,240

3,988

67,895

14,395

93,948

27,423

                       

(b) Gold

19,971

4,535

855

140

285

35

2

–47

785

395

                       

(c) SDRs

20

4

1

–1

–2

–1

13

3

                       

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,404

1,457

93

14

115

19

183

30

388

158

*: 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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