Item |
As on Nov. 12, 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 |
13,31,461 |
298,315 |
434 |
–1,899 |
71,796 |
19,258 |
8,226 |
14,845 |
–992 |
11,939 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,03,022 |
269,494 |
680 |
–1,792* |
53,372 |
14,809 |
–4,043 |
10,911 |
–19,486 |
6,589 |
(b) Gold $ |
96,510 |
21,668 |
— |
— |
15,322 |
3,682 |
11,123 |
3,376 |
14,329 |
4,168 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,996 |
5,152 |
–162 |
–73 |
400 |
146 |
–1,132 |
–17 |
–1,509 |
–118 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,933 |
2,001 |
–84 |
–34 |
2,702 |
621 |
2,278 |
575 |
5,674 |
1,300 |
+ Excludes ` 1,116 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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