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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Dec 21, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on December 14, 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

16,137.1

296,631.6

138.9

1,637.7

1,075.8

2,234.1

332.4

–57.1

201.1

–5,468.7

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,256.2

262,119.7

136.3

1,614.5*

951.1

2,051.0

249.7

–813.6

157.6

–4,848.4

(b) Gold $

1,516.0

27,803.1

133.5

780.0

97.9

1,182.8

53.1

–237.7

(c) SDRs @

241.3

4,436.2

1.7

15.4

12.7

–33.1

5.4

7.2

6.9

–3.1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

123.6

2,272.6

0.9

7.8

–21.5

–563.8

–20.6

–433.5

–16.5

–379.5

+ 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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