Item |
As on Jul. 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 |
12,94,687 |
267,711 |
-573 |
1,524 |
10,822 |
15,726 |
54,526 |
11,743 |
-762 |
-38,892 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,41,708 |
256,657 |
-557 |
1,519* |
11,642 |
15,231 |
46,918 |
10,054 |
-11,971 |
-40,212 |
(b) |
Gold |
46,914 |
9,800 |
— |
— |
-1,879 |
223 |
5,804 |
1,315 |
7,366 |
592 |
(c) |
SDRs |
3 |
1 |
— |
— |
-3 |
— |
-10 |
-2 |
–44 |
-10 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,062 |
1,253 |
-16 |
5 |
1,062 |
272 |
1,814 |
376 |
3,887 |
738 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1210 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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