Item |
As on Dec. 30, 2011 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2011 |
End-December 2010 |
Year |
` Bn. |
US$ Mn. |
` Bn. |
US$ Mn. |
` Bn. |
US$ Mn. |
` Bn. |
US$ Mn. |
` Bn. |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total Reserves |
15,804 |
296,688 |
–41 |
–4,175 |
2,193 |
–8,130 |
2,480 |
–646 |
2,480 |
–646 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,006 |
262,933 |
1 |
–2,723 |
1,757 |
–11,397 |
2,005 |
–4,881 |
2,005 |
–4,881 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,418 |
26,620 |
–45 |
–1,421 |
392 |
3,648 |
411 |
4,150 |
411 |
4,150 |
(c) SDRs @ |
236 |
4,429 |
2 |
–19 |
32 |
–140 |
8 |
–649 |
8 |
–649 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
144 |
2,706 |
1 |
–12 |
12 |
–241 |
56 |
734 |
56 |
734 |
+ Excludes`20.2 billion/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`314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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