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Date : Jun 25, 2010
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on June 18, 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

12,73,921

275,969

–2,533

3,186

14,256

–3,088

–49,314

–7,501

5,774

12,317

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,55,206

250,370

–2,376

3,129*

5,556

–4,315

–51,859

–8,213

–61,557

–2,438

(b) Gold $

90,220

19,423

9,032

1,437

4,833

1,131

44,803

9,819

(c) SDRs @

22,450

4,866

–124

45

–146

–140

–1,678

–303

22,448

4,865

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,045

1,310

–33

12

–186

–70

–610

–116

80

71

+ : Excludes Rs.1,154 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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