Item |
As on Sep. 24, 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 |
13,31,003 |
291,595 |
6,066 |
3,861 |
71,338 |
12,538 |
7,768 |
8,125 |
–12,891 |
11,685 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,04,664 |
264,529 |
6,007 |
3,781* |
55,014 |
9,844 |
–2,401 |
5,946 |
–59,598 |
1,031 |
(b) Gold $ |
94,199 |
20,008 |
— |
— |
13,011 |
2,022 |
8,812 |
1,716 |
46,158 |
10,180 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,148 |
5,083 |
43 |
57 |
552 |
77 |
–980 |
–86 |
–1,899 |
–137 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,992 |
1,975 |
16 |
23 |
2,761 |
595 |
2,337 |
549 |
2,448 |
611 |
+ Excludes ` 1,139 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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