Item |
As on Jun. 19, 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 |
12,68,147 |
263,652 |
18,328 |
8 |
-15,718 |
11,667 |
27,986 |
7,684 |
-74,233 |
-48,829 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,16,763 |
252,808 |
18,246 |
10* |
-13,303 |
11,382 |
21,973 |
6,205 |
-84,127 |
-49,936 |
(b) |
Gold |
45,417 |
9,604 |
— |
— |
-3,376 |
27 |
4,307 |
1,119 |
6,227 |
402 |
(c) |
SDRs |
2 |
1 |
— |
— |
-4 |
— |
-11 |
-2 |
-45 |
-10 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,965 |
1,239 |
82 |
-2 |
965 |
258 |
1,717 |
362 |
3,712 |
715 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1203 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. |
|