Item |
As on December 7, 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 |
15,998.2 |
294,993.9 |
–60.3 |
484.2 |
936.9 |
596.4 |
193.5 |
–1,694.8 |
–23.0 |
–11,781.2 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,119.9 |
260,505.2 |
–57.6 |
492.7* |
814.8 |
436.5 |
113.4 |
–2,428.1 |
–67.7 |
–11,131.3 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,516.0 |
27,803.1 |
— |
— |
133.5 |
780.0 |
97.9 |
1,182.8 |
53.1 |
–237.7 |
(c) SDRs @ |
239.6 |
4,420.8 |
–1.9 |
–8.9 |
11.0 |
–48.5 |
3.7 |
–8.2 |
5.0 |
–71.7 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
122.7 |
2,264.8 |
–0.8 |
0.4 |
–22.4 |
–571.6 |
–21.5 |
–441.3 |
–13.4 |
–340.5 |
+ Excludes `42.8 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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