Item |
As on Apr. 3, 2009 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2009 |
End-December 2008 |
Year |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
12,84,075 |
255,160 |
8,637 |
2,834 |
210 |
3,175 |
43,914 |
-808 |
37,470 |
-56,725 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,30,323 |
244,597 |
9,293 |
3,000* |
257 |
3,171 |
35,533 |
-2,006 |
25,652 |
-56,797 |
(b) |
Gold |
48,793 |
9,577 |
-647 |
-169 |
— |
— |
7,683 |
1,092 |
8,669 |
-462 |
(c) |
SDRs |
6 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
-7 |
-2 |
-68 |
-17 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
4,953 |
985 |
-9 |
3 |
-47 |
4 |
705 |
108 |
3,217 |
551 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1258 crore /US$ 250 million invested in foreign currency denominated bonds issued by IIFC (UK).
* : Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves.
For details, please refer to the Current Statistics section of the RBI Bulletin. ** : Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), i.e., Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) which was shown as a memo item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004
has been included in the reserves from the week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with the international best practice. |
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