Item |
As on May 21, 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 |
12,78,787 |
273,364 |
47,432 |
64 |
19,122 |
-5,693 |
-44,448 |
-10,106 |
46,043 |
12,725 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,67,350 |
248,637 |
46,179 |
40* |
17,700 |
-6,048 |
-39,715 |
-9,946 |
-13,176 |
-1,528 |
(b) |
Gold $ |
82,377 |
18,537 |
— |
— |
1,189 |
551 |
-3,010 |
245 |
36,020 |
9,306 |
(c) |
SDRs @ |
22,896 |
4,877 |
987 |
19 |
300 |
-129 |
-1,232 |
-292 |
22,894 |
4,876 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,164 |
1,313 |
266 |
5 |
-67 |
-67 |
-491 |
-113 |
305 |
71 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1174 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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