Item |
As on May 28, 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 |
12,61,852 |
271,970 |
–16,935 |
–1,394 |
2,187 |
–7,087 |
–61,383 |
–11,500 |
21,411 |
9,664 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,50,761 |
247,263 |
–16,589 |
–1,374* |
1,111 |
–7,422 |
–56,304 |
–11,320 |
–38,375 |
–4,193 |
(b) Gold $ |
82,377 |
18,537 |
— |
— |
1,189 |
551 |
–3,010 |
245 |
36,960 |
8,933 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,623 |
4,861 |
–273 |
–16 |
27 |
–145 |
–1,505 |
–308 |
22,621 |
4,860 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,091 |
1,309 |
–73 |
–4 |
–140 |
–71 |
–564 |
–117 |
205 |
64 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1164 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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