Item |
As on April 20, 2012 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March
2012 |
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 |
15,296.6 |
294,602.9 |
230.3 |
1,461.7 |
235.3 |
205.4 |
–508.1 |
–2,085.8 |
1,568.5 |
–15,102.9 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,531.3 |
260,218.3 |
225.6 |
1,453.1* |
226.2 |
149.6 |
–475.2 |
–2,715.0 |
1,166.3 |
–18,901.0 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,382.5 |
27,023.1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–35.6 |
402.8 |
356.8 |
4,050.7 |
(c) SDRs @ |
231.8 |
4,457.2 |
2.9 |
5.2 |
3.2 |
–12.1 |
–4.1 |
28.2 |
26.7 |
–171.5 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
151.0 |
2,904.3 |
1.8 |
3.4 |
5.9 |
67.9 |
6.8 |
198.2 |
18.7 |
–81.1 |
+ Excludes ` 35 billion/US$ 673 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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