Mumbai, Aug 09: After witnessing an upward swing for the previous few weeks, foreign exchange reserves have recorded a fall of $204 million at $84.7 billion during the week ended August 1, following the contribution to Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and revaluation in gold. The foreign currency assets of the country declined by $133 million at $81.06 billion during the week, according to Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released on Saturday.
Gold reserves, at $3,628 million decreased by $70 million, while special drawing rights saw a fall of $1 million at $5 million, it added.

The RTP as on August 1 stood at $964 million.
The RBI said loans to the central government declined by Rs 3,604 crore to Rs 4,755 crore while that to states fell by Rs 747 crore to Rs 2,429 crore.

Aggregate deposits of scheduled commercial banks for the fortnight ended July 25 rose by Rs 6,853 crore (0.6 per cent) to Rs 13,49,972 crore. Bureau Report