Item |
As on Nov. 5, 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 |
13,31,027 |
300,214 |
3,929 |
2,258 |
71,362 |
21,157 |
7,792 |
16,744 |
–5,532 |
14,800 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,02,342 |
271,286 |
3,800 |
2,193* |
52,692 |
16,601 |
–4,723 |
12,703 |
–24,143 |
9,329 |
(b) Gold $ |
96,510 |
21,668 |
— |
— |
15,322 |
3,682 |
11,123 |
3,376 |
14,329 |
4,168 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,158 |
5,225 |
78 |
43 |
562 |
219 |
–970 |
56 |
–1,461 |
–33 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
9,017 |
2,035 |
51 |
22 |
2,786 |
655 |
2,362 |
609 |
5,743 |
1,336 |
+ Excludes ` 1,108 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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