Item |
As on Oct. 15, 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 |
13,07,022 |
296,433 |
–6,813 |
641 |
47,357 |
17,376 |
–16,213 |
12,963 |
–12,738 |
11,597 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,83,008 |
268,682 |
–6,821 |
582* |
33,358 |
13,997 |
–24,057 |
10,099 |
–56,556 |
784 |
(b) Gold $ |
92,157 |
20,516 |
— |
— |
10,969 |
2,530 |
6,770 |
2,224 |
42,601 |
10,200 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,944 |
5,211 |
6 |
43 |
348 |
205 |
–1,184 |
42 |
–1,349 |
–39 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,913 |
2,024 |
2 |
16 |
2,682 |
644 |
2,258 |
598 |
2,566 |
652 |
+ Excludes ` 1,101 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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