Item |
As on Oct. 14, 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 |
15,57,566 |
317,500 |
23,868 |
5,269 |
1,96,552 |
12,682 |
2,25,212 |
20,166 |
2,50,544 |
21,067 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,82,069 |
281,653 |
23,536 |
5,191* |
1,57,186 |
7,323 |
1,81,992 |
13,839 |
1,99,061 |
12,971 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,40,266 |
28,667 |
— |
— |
37,694 |
5,695 |
39,580 |
6,197 |
48,109 |
8,151 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,297 |
4,544 |
210 |
49 |
1,896 |
–25 |
–456 |
–534 |
–647 |
–667 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
12,934 |
2,636 |
122 |
29 |
–224 |
–311 |
4,096 |
664 |
4,021 |
612 |
+ Excludes `1,865 crore/US$ 380 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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