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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