Item |
As on Aug. 13, 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 |
13,17,004 |
282,791 |
–6,255 |
–4,565 |
57,339 |
3,734 |
–6,231 |
–679 |
8,873 |
11,766 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,95,200 |
256,591 |
–6,286 |
–4,488* |
45,550 |
1,906 |
–11,865 |
–1,992 |
–59,867 |
–3,419 |
(b) Gold $ |
89,564 |
19,278 |
— |
— |
8,376 |
1,292 |
4,177 |
986 |
42,988 |
9,607 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,220 |
4,985 |
23 |
–56 |
624 |
–21 |
–908 |
–184 |
23,219 |
4,985 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
9,020 |
1,937 |
8 |
–21 |
2,789 |
557 |
2,365 |
511 |
2,533 |
593 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1,165 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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