Item |
As on Sep. 17, 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 |
13,24,937 |
287,734 |
–739 |
3,234 |
65,272 |
8,677 |
1,702 |
4,264 |
–28,670 |
6,964 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,98,657 |
260,748 |
–584 |
3,179* |
49,007 |
6,063 |
–8,408 |
2,165 |
–74,996 |
–3,605 |
(b) Gold $ |
94,199 |
20,008 |
— |
— |
13,011 |
2,022 |
8,812 |
1,716 |
46,158 |
10,180 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,105 |
5,026 |
–112 |
40 |
509 |
20 |
–1,023 |
–143 |
–2,231 |
–198 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,976 |
1,952 |
–43 |
15 |
2,745 |
572 |
2,321 |
526 |
2,399 |
587 |
+ Excludes ` 1,149 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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