| i) Operations in OTC segment | | Item | 2016-17 | 2016 | 2017 | | Sep. | Aug. | Sep. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1 Net Purchase/ Sale of Foreign Currency (US $ Million) (1.1–1.2) | 12,351.00 | 4,649.00 | 3,226.00 | 1,259.00 | | 1.1 Purchase (+) | 71,764.00 | 9,041.00 | 4,556.00 | 3,788.00 | | 1.2 Sale (–) | 59,413.00 | 4,392.00 | 1,330.00 | 2,529.00 | | 2 ₹ equivalent at contract rate (₹ Billion) | 822.16 | 308.82 | 207.52 | 81.08 | | 3 Cumulative (over end-March) (US $ Million) | 12,351.00 | 10,710.00 | 15,042.00 | 16,301.00 | | (₹ Billion) | 822.17 | 717.40 | 985.32 | 1,066.40 | | 4 Outstanding Net Forward Sales (–)/ Purchase (+) at the end of month (US $ Million) | 10,835.00 | 4,890.00 | 32,823.00 | 31,131.00 |
| ii) Operations in currency futures segment | | Item | 2016-17 | 2016 | 2017 | | Sep. | Aug. | Sep. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1 Net Purchase/ Sale of Foreign Currency (US $ Million) (1.1–1.2) | 0.00 | –220.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | 1.1 Purchase (+) | 10,456.00 | 150.00 | 0.00 | 780.00 | | 1.2 Sale (–) | 10,456.00 | 370.00 | 0.00 | 780.00 | | 2 Outstanding Net Currency Futures Sales (–)/ Purchase (+) at the end of month (US $ Million) | 0.00 | –220.00 | 0.00 | –1,400.00 | | Note : Maturity-wise position of outstanding forward contracts is available at http://nsdp.rbi.org.in under ‘‘Reserves Template’’. | |