Item |
As on Oct. 1, 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 |
13,14,789 |
294,158 |
–16,214 |
2,563 |
55,124 |
15,101 |
–8,446 |
10,688 |
–27,098 |
13,818 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,90,753 |
266,507 |
–13,911 |
1,978* |
41,103 |
11,822 |
–16,312 |
7,924 |
–70,190 |
3,042 |
(b) Gold $ |
92,157 |
20,516 |
–2,042 |
508 |
10,969 |
2,530 |
6,770 |
2,224 |
42,601 |
10,200 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,960 |
5,139 |
–188 |
56 |
364 |
133 |
–1,168 |
–30 |
–1,926 |
–61 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,919 |
1,996 |
–73 |
21 |
2,688 |
616 |
2,264 |
570 |
2,417 |
637 |
+ Excludes ` 1,117 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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