Item |
As on October 12, 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 |
15,539.8 |
294,875.8 |
280.0 |
–163.7 |
478.5 |
478.3 |
–264.9 |
–1,812.9 |
–35.9 |
–22,623.1 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,703.4 |
260,026.6 |
273.5 |
–150.1* |
398.3 |
–42.1 |
–303.1 |
–2,906.7 |
–117.3 |
–21,625.9 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,482.5 |
28,132.9 |
— |
— |
100.0 |
1,109.8 |
64.4 |
1,512.6 |
79.8 |
–533.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
234.4 |
4,447.9 |
4.3 |
–9.0 |
5.8 |
–21.4 |
–1.5 |
18.9 |
11.4 |
–95.9 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
119.5 |
2,268.4 |
2.2 |
–4.6 |
–25.6 |
–568.0 |
–24.7 |
–437.7 |
–9.8 |
–367.5 |
+ Excludes ` 41.6 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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