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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jun 01, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on May 25, 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

15,979.3

288,258.8

126.9

–1,741.7

918.0

–6,138.7

174.6

–8,429.9

1,974.3

–21,955.9

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,178.1

254,406.2

122.4

–1,711.0*

873.0

–5,662.5

171.6

–8,527.1

1,570.3

–24,466.6

(b) Gold $

1,398.0

26,617.9

15.5

–405.2

–20.1

–2.4

342.2

2,827.4

(c) SDRs @

244.1

4,380.7

2.7

–18.6

15.5

–88.6

8.2

–48.3

36.6

–209.9

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

159.1

2,854.0

1.8

–12.1

14.0

17.6

14.9

147.9

25.2

–106.8

+ Excludes ` 37.5 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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