Item |
As on Feb. 3, 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 |
14,401.4 |
293,753.1 |
–288.6 |
–177.0 |
791.3 |
–11,065.0 |
–1,403.3 |
–2,935.6 |
729.3 |
–5,661.0 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,720.7 |
259,817.4 |
–194.2 |
–302.2* |
471.9 |
–14,512.4 |
–1,285.8 |
–3,115.9 |
394.5 |
–10,257.4 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,327.8 |
26,727.6 |
–90.3 |
107.3 |
302.1 |
3,755.2 |
–90.3 |
107.3 |
320.4 |
4,804.1 |
(c) SDRs @ |
219.1 |
4,474.3 |
–2.5 |
11.1 |
15.1 |
–94.7 |
–16.8 |
45.3 |
–16.2 |
–680.7 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
133.8 |
2,733.8 |
–1.6 |
6.8 |
2.2 |
–213.1 |
–10.4 |
27.7 |
30.6 |
473.0 |
+ Excludes `18.6 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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