MUMBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - India's foreign exchange reserves were at $294.54 billion as of Feb. 8, compared with

$295.16 billion in the previous week, the central bank said on

Friday.

Changes in foreign currency assets, expressed in dollar

terms, include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of

other currencies held in its reserves, the Reserve Bank of India

said in its weekly statistical supplement.

Foreign exchange reserves include India's Reserve Tranche

position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES (in million U.S. dollars)

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Feb. 8 Feb. 1 Feb. 10

2013 2013 2012

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Foreign currency assets 260,780 261,323 259,447

Gold 26,975 26,975 26,728

SDRs 4,426 4,457 4,475

Reserve Tranche Position 2,362 2,400 2,735

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*Total 294,543 295,155 293,384

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* Figures are rounded off to nearest decimal point.

(Reporting by Neha Dasgupta; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)

Keywords: INDIA FOREX/RESERVES

(neha.dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com)(+91-22-6180-7177)(Reuters Messaging: neha.dasgupta.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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