Item
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As on Aug. 28, 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 |
13,49,895 |
276,362 |
24,933 |
4,405 |
66,030 |
24,377 |
109,734 |
20,394 |
56,738 |
-18,947 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,73,175 |
260,523 |
1,362 |
-415* |
43,109 |
19,097 |
78,385 |
13,920 |
20,271 |
-25,594 |
(b) |
Gold |
46,576 |
9,671 |
— |
— |
-2,217 |
94 |
5,466 |
1,186 |
8,512 |
979 |
(c) |
SDRs @ |
23,560 |
4,821 |
23,559 |
4,821 |
23,554 |
4,820 |
23,547 |
4,818 |
23,544 |
4,817 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,584 |
1,347 |
12 |
-1 |
1,584 |
366 |
2,336 |
470 |
4,411 |
851 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1222 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.
@ : Includes SDRs 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,821million) allocated under the general allocation of SDRs by the IMF with effect from August 28, 2009. |
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