Item |
As on Nov. 18, 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 |
15,78,114 |
308,624 |
1,408 |
–5,715 |
2,17,100 |
3,806 |
2,45,760 |
11,290 |
2,30,992 |
10,639 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,09,945 |
274,576 |
654 |
–5,713* |
1,85,062 |
246 |
2,09,868 |
6,762 |
1,91,660 |
5,401 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,31,442 |
26,896 |
— |
— |
28,870 |
3,924 |
30,756 |
4,426 |
34,932 |
5,228 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,246 |
4,527 |
477 |
–1 |
2,845 |
–42 |
493 |
–551 |
–37 |
–617 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,481 |
2,625 |
277 |
–1 |
323 |
–322 |
4,643 |
653 |
4,437 |
627 |
+ Excludes `1,951 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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