Item |
As on Apr. 2, 2010 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2010 |
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 |
12,59,840 |
279,096 |
2,134 |
2,054 |
175 |
39 |
–63,395 |
–4,374 |
–24,235 |
23,936 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,49,851 |
254,730 |
3,860 |
1,975* |
201 |
45 |
–57,214 |
–3,853 |
–80,472 |
10,133 |
(b) Gold $ |
81,188 |
17,986 |
–1,657 |
66 |
— |
— |
–4,199 |
–306 |
32,395 |
8,409 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,576 |
5,001 |
–54 |
10 |
–20 |
–5 |
–1,552 |
–168 |
22,570 |
5,000 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,225 |
1,379 |
–15 |
3 |
–6 |
–1 |
–430 |
–47 |
1,272 |
394 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1129 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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