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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Dec 14, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

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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