Item |
As on Sep. 9, 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 |
Total Reserves |
14,66,895 |
316,497 |
–5,845 |
–4,288 |
1,05,881 |
11,679 |
1,34,541 |
19,163 |
1,41,219 |
31,997 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,01,891 |
280,701 |
–5,684 |
–4,174* |
77,008 |
6,371 |
1,01,814 |
12,887 |
1,02,650 |
23,132 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,30,323 |
28,319 |
— |
— |
27,751 |
5,347 |
29,637 |
5,849 |
36,124 |
8,311 |
(c) SDRs @ |
21,089 |
4,547 |
–98 |
–69 |
688 |
–22 |
–1,664 |
–531 |
–2,128 |
–439 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,592 |
2,930 |
–63 |
–45 |
434 |
–17 |
4,754 |
958 |
4,573 |
993 |
+ Excludes `1,159 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 (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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