Item |
As on October 26, 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 |
15,810.1 |
295,290.8 |
–20.5 |
55.6 |
748.8 |
893.3 |
5.4 |
–1,397.9 |
165.6 |
–25,097.9 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,968.7 |
260,464.8 |
–18.2 |
86.9* |
663.6 |
396.1 |
–37.8 |
–2,468.5 |
82.1 |
–23,979.9 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,482.5 |
28,132.9 |
— |
— |
100.0 |
1,109.8 |
64.4 |
1,512.6 |
79.8 |
–533.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
237.7 |
4,432.5 |
–1.5 |
–20.7 |
9.1 |
–36.8 |
1.8 |
3.5 |
12.9 |
–173.1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
121.2 |
2,260.6 |
–0.8 |
–10.6 |
–23.9 |
–575.8 |
–23.0 |
–445.5 |
–9.2 |
–411.1 |
+ 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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