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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