Item |
As on Oct. 29, 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 |
13,27,098 |
297,956 |
12,810 |
2,557 |
67,433 |
18,899 |
3,863 |
14,486 |
–8,404 |
13,565 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,98,542 |
269,093 |
8,375 |
1,399* |
48,892 |
14,408 |
–8,523 |
10,510 |
–54,198 |
2,325 |
(b) Gold $ |
96,510 |
21,668 |
4,353 |
1,152 |
15,322 |
3,682 |
11,123 |
3,376 |
45,792 |
10,868 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,080 |
5,182 |
59 |
4 |
484 |
176 |
–1,048 |
13 |
–1,538 |
–60 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,966 |
2,013 |
23 |
2 |
2,735 |
633 |
2,311 |
587 |
1,540 |
432 |
+ Excludes ` 1,114 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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