Item |
As on Jan. 20, 2012 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2011 |
End-December
2011 |
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 |
14,837.9 |
293,256.7 |
–255.7 |
731.8 |
1,227.8 |
–11,561.4 |
–966.8 |
–3,432.0 |
1,175.6 |
–6,137.8 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,060.9 |
259,505.5 |
–249.2 |
704.6* |
812.1 |
–14,824.3 |
–945.6 |
–3,427.8 |
742.4 |
–10,045.9 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,418.1 |
26,620.3 |
— |
— |
392.4 |
3,647.9 |
— |
— |
411.2 |
4,150.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
222.8 |
4,426.4 |
–4.0 |
16.9 |
18.8 |
–142.6 |
–13.1 |
–2.6 |
–11.4 |
–699.2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
136.1 |
2,704.5 |
–2.5 |
10.3 |
4.5 |
–242.4 |
–8.1 |
–1.6 |
33.4 |
456.5 |
+ Excludes `19.1 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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