Item
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As on May 22, 2009
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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 |
12,32,744 |
260,639 |
-27,464 |
6,432 |
-51,121 |
8,654 |
-7,417 |
4,671 |
-1,19,488 |
-55,532 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,80,526 |
250,165 |
-27,273 |
6,411 * |
-49,540 |
8,739 |
-14,264 |
3,562 |
-1,31,246 |
-56,038 |
(b) Gold |
46,357 |
9,231 |
— |
— |
-2,436 |
-346 |
5,247 |
746 |
8,216 |
-196 |
(c) SDRs |
2 |
1 |
-1 |
— |
-4 |
— |
-11 |
-2 |
-45 |
-10 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,859 |
1,242 |
-190 |
21 |
859 |
261 |
1,611 |
365 |
3,587 |
712 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1180 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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