Item |
As on Sep. 10, 2010 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2010 |
End-December 2009 |
Year |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
13,25,676 |
284,500 |
–6,771 |
–828 |
66,011 |
5,443 |
2,441 |
1,030 |
–37,713 |
3,522 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,99,241 |
257,569 |
–6,636 |
–815* |
49,591 |
2,884 |
–7,824 |
–1,014 |
–84,151 |
–6,993 |
(b) Gold $ |
94,199 |
20,008 |
— |
— |
13,011 |
2,022 |
8,812 |
1,716 |
46,158 |
10,180 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,217 |
4,986 |
–97 |
–9 |
621 |
–20 |
–911 |
–183 |
–2,119 |
–237 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
9,019 |
1,937 |
–38 |
–4 |
2,788 |
557 |
2,364 |
511 |
2,399 |
572 |
+ Excludes ` 1,164 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 ` 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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