Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Aug 03, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on July 27, 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

16,017.3

288,649.9

140.7

1,311.2

956.0

–5,747.6

212.6

–8,038.8

1,926.2

–30,440.4

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,206.7

256,393.2

137.8

1,291.0*

901.6

–3,675.5

200.2

–6,540.1

1,569.8

–29,766.9

(b) Gold $

1,450.6

25,760.2

68.1

–1,262.9

32.5

–860.1

331.2

411.5

(c) SDRs @

241.5

4,358.5

1.9

13.5

12.9

–110.8

5.6

–70.5

37.9

–250.9

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

118.5

2,138.0

1.0

6.7

–26.6

–698.4

–25.7

–568.1

–12.7

–834.0

+ Excludes ` 43.8 billion/US$ 790 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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