Item |
As on May 7, 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 |
12,56,981 |
276,238 |
14,290 |
–3,395 |
–2,684 |
–2,819 |
–66,254 |
–7,232 |
–4,422 |
20,297 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,46,215 |
251,473 |
14,004 |
–3,300* |
–3,435 |
–3,212 |
–60,850 |
–7,110 |
–62,876 |
5,972 |
(b) Gold $ |
82,377 |
18,537 |
— |
— |
1,189 |
551 |
–3,010 |
245 |
36,020 |
9,306 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,367 |
4,907 |
225 |
–75 |
–229 |
–99 |
–1,761 |
–262 |
22,361 |
4,906 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,022 |
1,321 |
61 |
–20 |
–209 |
–59 |
–633 |
–105 |
73 |
113 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1140 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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