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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