Item |
As on Apr. 22, 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 |
13,72,801 |
309,705 |
1,654 |
1,788 |
11,787 |
4,887 |
40,447 |
12,371 |
1,26,936 |
30,229 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,36,499 |
279,119 |
1,648 |
1,749* |
11,616 |
4,789 |
36,422 |
11,305 |
1,00,165 |
23,992 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,02,572 |
22,972 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,886 |
502 |
21,384 |
4,986 |
(c) SDRs @ |
20,505 |
4,629 |
4 |
24 |
104 |
60 |
–2,248 |
–449 |
–1,712 |
–359 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,225 |
2,985 |
2 |
15 |
67 |
38 |
4,387 |
1,013 |
7,099 |
1,610 |
+ Excludes ` 1,107 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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