Item |
As on May 4, 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 |
15,717.3 |
293,173.3 |
198.7 |
–2,187.9 |
656.0 |
–1,224.2 |
–87.4 |
–3,515.4 |
1,865.9 |
–16,362.0 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,923.6 |
259,188.6 |
176.5 |
–1,766.1* |
618.5 |
–880.1 |
–82.9 |
–3,744.7 |
1,469.3 |
–18,933.6 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,398.0 |
26,617.9 |
15.5 |
–405.2 |
15.5 |
–405.2 |
–20.1 |
–2.4 |
342.2 |
2,827.4 |
(c) SDRs @ |
239.6 |
4,460.4 |
4.1 |
–10.0 |
11.0 |
–8.9 |
3.7 |
31.4 |
32.1 |
–173.5 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
156.1 |
2,906.4 |
2.6 |
–6.6 |
11.0 |
70.0 |
11.9 |
200.3 |
22.3 |
–82.3 |
+ Excludes ` 36.2 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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