Item |
As on July 9, 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 |
13,05,995 |
279,422 |
7,211 |
1,155 |
46,330 |
365 |
–17,240 |
–4,048 |
21,786 |
15,505 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,84,027 |
253,268 |
7,091 |
1,139* |
34,377 |
–1,417 |
–23,038 |
–5,315 |
–47,211 |
395 |
(b) Gold $ |
92,704 |
19,894 |
— |
— |
11,516 |
1,908 |
7,317 |
1,602 |
45,790 |
10,094 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,056 |
4,932 |
95 |
13 |
460 |
–74 |
–1,072 |
–237 |
23,053 |
4,931 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,208 |
1,328 |
25 |
3 |
–23 |
–52 |
–447 |
–98 |
154 |
85 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1,169 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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