Item |
As on Dec. 23, 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 |
15,84,605 |
300,863 |
–8,992 |
–1,237 |
2,23,591 |
–3,955 |
2,52,251 |
3,529 |
2,48,393 |
5,832 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,00,541 |
265,656 |
–9,317 |
–1,312* |
1,75,658 |
–8,674 |
2,00,464 |
–2,158 |
1,97,854 |
–249 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,46,289 |
28,041 |
— |
— |
43,717 |
5,069 |
45,603 |
5,571 |
44,432 |
5,917 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,448 |
4,448 |
4 |
9 |
3,047 |
–121 |
695 |
–630 |
640 |
–595 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
14,327 |
2,718 |
321 |
66 |
1,169 |
–229 |
5,489 |
746 |
5,467 |
759 |
+ Excludes `2,003 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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