Item |
As on May 14, 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 |
12,31,355 |
273,300 |
–25,626 |
–2,938 |
–28,310 |
–5,757 |
–91,880 |
–10,170 |
–28,853 |
19,093 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,21,171 |
248,597 |
–25,044 |
–2,876* |
–28,479 |
–6,088 |
–85,894 |
–9,986 |
–86,628 |
4,843 |
(b) Gold $ |
82,377 |
18,537 |
— |
— |
1,189 |
551 |
–3,010 |
245 |
36,020 |
9,306 |
(c) SDRs @ |
21,909 |
4,858 |
–458 |
–49 |
–687 |
–148 |
–2,219 |
–311 |
21,906 |
4,857 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,898 |
1,308 |
–124 |
–13 |
–333 |
–72 |
–757 |
–118 |
–151 |
87 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1128 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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