Item |
As on Jun. 17, 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 |
13,95,599 |
310,562 |
6,273 |
59 |
34,585 |
5,744 |
63,245 |
13,228 |
1,21,678 |
34,593 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,51,794 |
278,610 |
6,293 |
99 * |
26,911 |
4,280 |
51,717 |
10,796 |
96,588 |
28,240 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,09,832 |
24,391 |
— |
— |
7,260 |
1,419 |
9,146 |
1,921 |
19,612 |
4,968 |
(c) SDRs @ |
20,655 |
4,597 |
–10 |
–24 |
254 |
28 |
–2,098 |
–481 |
–1,795 |
–269 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,318 |
2,964 |
–10 |
–16 |
160 |
17 |
4,480 |
992 |
7,273 |
1,654 |
+ 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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