Item |
As on November
23, 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 |
16,291.0 |
294,981.0 |
174.2 |
1,454.7 |
1,229.7 |
583.5 |
486.3 |
–1,707.7 |
501.0 |
–9,384.9 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,397.2 |
260,138.2 |
171.4 |
1,447.4* |
1,092.1 |
69.5 |
390.7 |
–2,795.1 |
291.6 |
–10,238.5 |
(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 @ |
243.7 |
4,402.8 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
15.1 |
–66.5 |
7.8 |
–26.2 |
9.5 |
–86.6 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
124.6 |
2,250.7 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
–20.5 |
–585.7 |
–19.6 |
–455.4 |
–11.2 |
–352.8 |
+ Excludes ` 43.7 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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