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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Nov 16, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on November 9, 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

15,945.8

293,559.0

137.5

–781.5

884.5

–838.5

141.1

–3,129.7

178.8

–20,780.5

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,058.2

258,707.2

134.5

–751.8 *

753.1

–1,361.5

51.7

–4,226.1

–34.7

–21,581.5

(b) Gold $

1,525.5

28,189.3

143.0

1,166.2

107.4

1,569.0

211.1

1,293.0

(c) SDRs @

239.6

4,408.8

2.0

–19.6

11.0

–60.5

3.7

–20.2

11.9

–119.6

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

122.5

2,253.7

1.0

–10.1

–22.6

–582.7

–21.7

–452.4

–9.5

–372.4

+ Excludes ` 42.9 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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