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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Oct 26, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on October 19, 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

15,830.6

295,235.2

290.8

359.4

769.3

837.7

25.9

–1,453.5

–76.9

–23,123.1

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,986.9

260,377.9

283.5

351.3*

681.8

309.2

–19.6

–2,555.4

–158.6

–22,136.4

(b) Gold $

1,482.5

28,132.9

100.0

1,109.8

64.4

1,512.6

79.8

–533.8

(c) SDRs @

239.2

4,453.2

4.8

5.3

10.6

–16.1

3.3

24.2

11.8

–89.1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

122.0

2,271.2

2.5

2.8

–23.1

–565.2

–22.2

–434.9

–9.9

–363.8

+ Excludes ` 42.4 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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