August 13, 2002

The Reserve Bank of India’s Reference Rate for the US dollar is Rs.48.6200 and the Reference Rate for Euro is Rs.47.5400 on August 12, 2002. The corresponding rates for the previous day (August 12, 2002) were Rs.48.6200 and Rs.47.3400 respectively. Based on the Reference Rate for US dollar and middle rates of the cross currency quotes at 12 noon, the exchange rates of GBP and Japanese Yen against the rupee are:

Date	Currency
	1 GBP	100 YEN
August 12, 2002	74.2257	40.52
August 13, 2002	74.4348	40.9000

Note : The reference rate is based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai. The SDR-Rupee rate will be based on this rate.

P V Sadanandan
Manager

Press Release: 2002-03/164