Item |
As on Dec. 10, 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 |
13,37,697 |
295,419 |
–825 |
–971 |
78,032 |
16,362 |
14,462 |
11,949 |
8,496 |
9,677 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets+ |
12,03,995 |
266,253 |
–952 |
–979* |
54,345 |
11,568 |
–3,070 |
7,670 |
–9,554 |
5,387 |
(b) Gold$ |
1,01,857 |
22,124 |
— |
— |
20,669 |
4,138 |
16,470 |
3,832 |
17,349 |
3,942 |
(c) SDRs@ |
22,936 |
5,072 |
92 |
6 |
340 |
66 |
–1,192 |
–97 |
–1,475 |
–175 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,909 |
1,970 |
35 |
2 |
2,678 |
590 |
2,254 |
544 |
2,176 |
523 |
+ Excludes ` 1,131 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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