Item |
As on Dec. 17, 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 |
13,38,638 |
294,602 |
941 |
–817 |
78,973 |
15,545 |
15,403 |
11,132 |
10,449 |
10,959 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,04,870 |
265,448 |
875 |
–805* |
55,220 |
10,763 |
–2,195 |
6,865 |
–7,845 |
6,597 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,01,857 |
22,124 |
— |
— |
20,669 |
4,138 |
16,470 |
3,832 |
17,349 |
3,942 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,983 |
5,063 |
47 |
–9 |
387 |
57 |
–1,145 |
–106 |
–1,289 |
–118 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,928 |
1,967 |
19 |
–3 |
2,697 |
587 |
2,273 |
541 |
2,234 |
538 |
+ Excludes ` 1,135 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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