Item |
As on Jan. 15, 2010 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2009 |
End-December 2009 |
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 |
13,04,176 |
285,161 |
647 |
899 |
20,311 |
33,176 |
-19,060 |
1,692 |
74,577 |
32,983 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,88,603 |
260,259 |
523 |
853 * |
-41,463 |
18,833 |
-18,462 |
1,676 |
4,236 |
17,412 |
(b) |
Gold $ |
85,387 |
18,292 |
— |
— |
36,594 |
8,715 |
— |
— |
44,277 |
9,807 |
(c) |
SDRs @ |
23,660 |
5,181 |
97 |
36 |
23,654 |
5,180 |
-468 |
12 |
23,647 |
5,178 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,526 |
1,429 |
27 |
10 |
1,526 |
448 |
-129 |
3 |
2,417 |
586 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1142 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 SDR 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,883 million) allocated under general allocation and SDR 214.6 million (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.
$ : Includes Rs.31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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