| i) Operations in OTC segment | | Item | 2016-17 | 2017 | 2018 | | Jan. | Dec. | Jan. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1 Net Purchase/ Sale of Foreign Currency (US $ Million) (1.1–1.2) | 12,351.00 | –414.00 | 5,647.00 | 7,364.00 | | 1.1 Purchase (+) | 71,764.00 | 1,335.00 | 6,008.00 | 7,953.00 | | 1.2 Sale (–) | 59,413.00 | 1,749.00 | 361.00 | 589.00 | | 2 ₹ equivalent at contract rate (₹ Billion) | 822.16 | –27.45 | 371.46 | 481.84 | | 3 Cumulative (over end-March) (US $ Million) | 12,351.00 | 7,623.00 | 23,664.00 | 31,028.00 | | (₹ Billion) | 822.17 | 507.58 | 1,555.71 | 2,037.55 | | 4 Outstanding Net Forward Sales (–)/ Purchase (+) at the end of month (US $ Million) | 10,835.00 | 501.00 | 29,099.00 | 26,051.00 |
| ii) Operations in currency futures segment | | Item | 2016-17 | 2017 | 2018 | | Jan. | Dec. | Jan. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1 Net Purchase/ Sale of Foreign Currency (US $ Million) (1.1–1.2) | 0.00 | 438.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | 1.1 Purchase (+) | 10,456.00 | 1,068.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | 1.2 Sale (–) | 10,456.00 | 630.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | 2 Outstanding Net Currency Futures Sales (–)/ Purchase (+) at the end of month (US $ Million) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Note: Maturity-wise position of outstanding forward contracts is available at http://nsdp.rbi.org.in under ‘‘Reserves Template’’. | |