Item |
As on August 17, 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 |
16,095.6 |
288,919.4 |
80.9 |
–250.5 |
1,034.3 |
–5,478.1 |
290.9 |
–7,769.3 |
1,618.4 |
–29,300.4 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,295.8 |
256,656.8 |
77.8 |
–263.0* |
990.7 |
–3,411.9 |
289.3 |
–6,276.5 |
1,285.5 |
–28,594.1 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,435.1 |
25,714.7 |
— |
— |
52.6 |
–1,308.4 |
17.0 |
–905.6 |
315.7 |
366.0 |
(c) SDRs @ |
242.7 |
4,356.6 |
2.1 |
8.3 |
14.1 |
–112.7 |
6.8 |
–72.4 |
31.4 |
–276.4 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
122.0 |
2,191.3 |
1.0 |
4.2 |
–23.1 |
–645.1 |
–22.2 |
–514.8 |
–14.2 |
–795.9 |
+ Excludes ` 44.0 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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