Item |
As on Feb. 12, 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 |
12,96,997 |
279,199 |
-354 |
485 |
13,132 |
27,214 |
-26,238 |
-4,271 |
80,230 |
29,507 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,83,320 |
254,696 |
-118 |
521 * |
-46,746 |
13,270 |
-23,745 |
-3,887 |
14,150 |
14,719 |
(b) |
Gold $ |
83,724 |
18,056 |
— |
— |
34,931 |
8,479 |
-1,663 |
-236 |
40,175 |
9,172 |
(c) |
SDRs @ |
23,479 |
5,054 |
-185 |
-28 |
23,473 |
5,053 |
-649 |
-115 |
23,473 |
5,053 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,474 |
1,393 |
-51 |
-8 |
1,474 |
412 |
-181 |
–33 |
2,432 |
563 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1161.50 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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