Item |
As on July 16, 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 |
13,18,898 |
281,901 |
12,903 |
2,479 |
59,233 |
2,844 |
–4,337 |
–1,569 |
23,638 |
15,714 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,96,568 |
255,677 |
12,541 |
2,409* |
46,918 |
992 |
–10,497 |
–2,906 |
–45,697 |
539 |
(b) Gold $ |
92,704 |
19,894 |
— |
— |
11,516 |
1,908 |
7,317 |
1,602 |
45,790 |
10,094 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,341 |
4,987 |
285 |
55 |
745 |
–19 |
–787 |
–182 |
23,338 |
4,986 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,285 |
1,343 |
77 |
15 |
54 |
–37 |
–370 |
–83 |
207 |
95 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1,170 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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