Item |
As on August 10, 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 |
16,014.7 |
289,169.9 |
–194.0 |
17.8 |
953.4 |
–5,227.6 |
210.0 |
–7,518.8 |
1,680.9 |
–27,435.5 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,218.0 |
256,919.8 |
–192.0 |
–34.1* |
912.9 |
–3,148.9 |
211.5 |
–6,013.5 |
1,348.0 |
–26,747.3 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,435.1 |
25,714.7 |
— |
— |
52.6 |
–1,308.4 |
17.0 |
–905.6 |
315.7 |
366.0 |
(c) SDRs @ |
240.6 |
4,348.3 |
–3.3 |
–1.5 |
12.0 |
–121.0 |
4.7 |
–80.7 |
31.2 |
–266.1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
121.0 |
2,187.1 |
1.3 |
53.4 |
–24.1 |
–649.3 |
–23.2 |
–519.0 |
–14.0 |
–788.1 |
+ Excludes ` 43.7 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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