Item |
As on Apr. 8, 2011 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2011 |
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 |
13,58,730 |
308,203 |
–5,267 |
2,717 |
–2,284 |
3,385 |
26,376 |
10,869 |
1,15,384 |
28,175 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,22,907 |
277,681 |
–5,053 |
2,662
* |
–1,976 |
3,351 |
22,830 |
9,867 |
89,041 |
22,018 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,02,572 |
22,972 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,886 |
502 |
21,384 |
4,986 |
(c) SDRs @ |
20,214 |
4,590 |
–130 |
34 |
–187 |
21 |
–2,539 |
–488 |
–1,963 |
–410 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,037 |
2,960 |
–84 |
21 |
–121 |
13 |
4,199 |
988 |
6,922 |
1,581 |
+ Excludes ` 1,101 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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