Item |
As on Mar. 11, 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 |
13,64,541 |
301,838 |
2,752 |
–755 |
1,04,876 |
22,781 |
32,187 |
4,504 |
91,875 |
22,130 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets+ |
12,30,885 |
272,259 |
2,818 |
–705 * |
81,235 |
17,574 |
30,808 |
4,445 |
70,453 |
16,938 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,00,041 |
22,143 |
— |
— |
18,853 |
4,157 |
–645 |
–327 |
17,196 |
4,223 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,368 |
5,169 |
–46 |
–35 |
772 |
163 |
615 |
91 |
331 |
100 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
10,247 |
2,267 |
–20 |
–15 |
4,016 |
887 |
1,409 |
295 |
3,895 |
869 |
+ Excludes ` 1,130 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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