Item |
As on Apr. 24, 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 |
12,64,900 |
253,091 |
8,733 |
631 |
-18,965 |
1,106 |
24,739 |
-2,877 |
7,994 |
-59,780 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,11,194 |
242,530 |
8,677 |
624* |
-18,872 |
1,104 |
16,404 |
-4,073 |
-3,561 |
-59,798 |
(b) Gold |
48,793 |
9,577 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
7,683 |
1,092 |
8,669 |
-462 |
(c) SDRs |
6 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
-7 |
-2 |
-67 |
-17 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
4,907 |
983 |
56 |
7 |
-93 |
2 |
659 |
106 |
2,953 |
497 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1249 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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