Item |
As on Jul. 10, 2009 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-
March 2009 |
End-
December2008 |
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 |
12,84,209 |
263,917 |
15,106 |
-560 |
344 |
11,932 |
44,048 |
7,949 |
-34,003 |
-44,603 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,31,238 |
252,873 |
15,019 |
-559* |
1,172 |
11,447 |
36,448 |
6,270 |
-45,177 |
-45,913 |
(b) |
Gold |
46,914 |
9,800 |
— |
— |
-1,879 |
223 |
5,804 |
1,315 |
7,366 |
592 |
(c) |
SDRs |
3 |
1 |
1 |
— |
-3 |
— |
-10 |
-2 |
–44 |
-10 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,054 |
1,243 |
86 |
-1 |
1,054 |
262 |
1,806 |
366 |
3,852 |
728 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1217 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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