Item |
As on Feb. 25, 2011 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2010 |
End-December 2010 |
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 |
13,65,932 |
300,786 |
6,008 |
158 |
1,06,267 |
21,729 |
33,578 |
3,452 |
79,084 |
22,429 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,31,413 |
271,416 |
5,617 |
102* |
81,763 |
16,731 |
31,336 |
3,602 |
57,211 |
17,425 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,00,739 |
21,924 |
— |
— |
19,551 |
3,938 |
53 |
–546 |
17,894 |
4,004 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,483 |
5,176 |
273 |
39 |
887 |
170 |
730 |
98 |
123 |
123 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
10,297 |
2,270 |
118 |
17 |
4,066 |
890 |
1,459 |
298 |
3,856 |
877 |
+ Excludes ` 1,134 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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