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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