Item |
As on August 3,
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 |
16,208.7 |
289,152.1 |
191.4 |
502.2 |
1,147.4 |
–5,245.4 |
404.0 |
–7,536.6 |
2,013.2 |
–28,074.3 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,410.0 |
256,953.9 |
203.3 |
560.7* |
1,104.9 |
–3,114.8 |
403.5 |
–5,979.4 |
1,672.5 |
–27,365.4 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,435.1 |
25,714.7 |
–15.5 |
–45.5 |
52.6 |
–1,308.4 |
17.0 |
–905.6 |
315.7 |
366.0 |
(c) SDRs @ |
243.9 |
4,349.8 |
2.4 |
–8.7 |
15.3 |
–119.5 |
8.0 |
–79.2 |
38.0 |
–245.6 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
119.7 |
2,133.7 |
1.2 |
–4.3 |
–25.4 |
–702.7 |
–24.5 |
–572.4 |
–13.0 |
–829.3 |
+ Excludes ` 44.3 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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