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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jan 27, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

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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