Item |
As on May 13, 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 |
13,79,691 |
307,493 |
–5,457 |
–2,042 |
18,677 |
2,675 |
47,337 |
10,159 |
1,48,336 |
34,193 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,40,158 |
276,143 |
–5,273 |
–1,979* |
15,275 |
1,813 |
40,081 |
8,329 |
1,18,987 |
27,546 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,05,582 |
23,790 |
— |
— |
3,010 |
818 |
4,896 |
1,320 |
23,205 |
5,253 |
(c) SDRs @ |
20,639 |
4,596 |
–112 |
–38 |
238 |
27 |
–2,114 |
–482 |
–1,270 |
–262 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,312 |
2,964 |
–72 |
–25 |
154 |
17 |
4,474 |
992 |
7,414 |
1,656 |
+ Excludes ` 1,123 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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