Item |
As on Jan. 27, 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 |
14,690.0 |
293,930.1 |
–147.9 |
673.4 |
1,079.9 |
–10,888.0 |
–1,114.7 |
–2,758.6 |
1,026.7 |
–5,240.7 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,914.9 |
260,119.6 |
–146.0 |
614.1* |
666.1 |
–14,210.2 |
–1,091.6 |
–2,813.7 |
597.9 |
–9,162.1 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,418.1 |
26,620.3 |
— |
— |
392.4 |
3,647.9 |
— |
— |
411.2 |
4,150.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
221.6 |
4,463.2 |
–1.2 |
36.8 |
17.6 |
–105.8 |
–14.3 |
34.2 |
–14.3 |
–694.4 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
135.4 |
2,727.0 |
–0.7 |
22.5 |
3.8 |
–219.9 |
–8.8 |
20.9 |
31.9 |
465.0 |
+ Excludes `18.9 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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