End of Month

Foreign Exchange Reserves (Rupees crore)

Foreign Exchange Reserves (US $ million)

Total
Foreign
Exchange
Reserves
(in SDR
million)

Movement in Foreign Exchange Reserves (in SDR million)*

SDRs

Gold #

Foreign
Currency
Assets

Reserve
Tranche
Position
in IMF

Total
(2+3+
4+5)

SDRs

Gold #

Foreign
Currency
Assets

Reserve
Tranche
Position
in IMF

Total (7+8+ 9+10)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Mar-94

339

12,794

47,287

938

61,358

108

4,078

15,068

299

19,553

13,841

6,595

Mar-95

23

13,752

66,005

1,050

80,830

7

4,370

20,809

331

25,517

16,352

2,511

Mar-96

280

15,658

58,446

1,063

75,447

82

4,561

17,044

310

21,997

15,054

-1,298

Mar-97

7

14,557

80,368

1,046

95,978

2

4,054

22,367

291

26,714

19,272

4,218

Mar-98

4

13,394

1,02,507

1,117

1,17,022

1

3,391

25,975

283

29,650

22,200

2,929

Mar-99

34

12,559

1,25,412

2,816

1,40,821

8

2,960

29,522

663

33,153

24,413

2,213

Mar-00

16

12,973

1,52,924

2,870

1,68,783

4

2,974

35,058

658

38,694

28,728

4,315

Mar-01

11

12,711

1,84,482

2,873

2,00,077

2

2,725

39,554

616

42,897

34,034

5,306

Mar-02

50

14,868

2,49,118

2,977

2,67,013

10

3,047

51,049

610

54,716

43,876

9,842

Mar-03

19

16,785

3,41,476

3,190

3,61,470

4

3,534

71,890

672

76,100

55,394

11,518

Mar-04

10

18,216

4,66,215

5,688

4,90,129

2

4,198

1,07,448

1,311

1,12,959

76,298

20,904

Mar-05

20

19,686

5,93,121

6,289

6,19,116

5

4,500

1,35,571

1,438

1,41,514

93,666

17,368

Mar-06

12

25,674

6,47,327

3,374

6,76,387

3

5,755

1,45,108

756

1,51,622

1,05,231

11,565

Jun-06

2

28,479

7,18,701

3,518

7,50,700

-

6,180

1,55,968

764

1,62,912

1,10,123

4,892

Sep-06

6

28,506

7,27,733

3,502

7,59,747

1

6,202

1,58,340

762

1,65,305

1,11,967

6,736

Dec-06

4

28,824

7,52,738

2,416

7,83,982

1

6,517

1,70,187

546

1,77,251

1,17,822

12,591

Mar-07

8

29,573

8,36,597

2,044

8,68,222

2

6,784

1,91,924

469

1,99,179

1,31,890

26,659

Jun-07

6

27,655

8,39,913

1,875

8,69,449

1

6,787

2,06,114

460

2,13,362

1,40,780

8,890

Sep-07

8

29,275

953,581

1,740

9,84,604

2

7,367

2,39,955

438

2,47,762

1,59,164

27,274

Dec-07

13

32,819

10,50,485

1,703

10,85,020

3

8,328

2,66,553

432

2,75,316

1,74,223

42,333

Mar-08

74

40,124

11,96,023

1,744

12,37,965

18

10,039

2,99,230

436

3,09,723

1,88,339

56,449

Jun-08

48

39,548

12,98,552

2,269

13,40,417

11

9,208

3,02,340

528

3,12,087

1,91,040

2,701

Sep-08

17

40,205

13,01,645

2,194

13,44,061

4

8,565

2,77,300

467

2,86,336

1,83,876

-4,463

Dec-08

13

41,110

11,94,790

4,248

12,40,161

3

8,485

2,46,603

877

2,55,968

1,66,184

-22,155

Mar-09

6

48,793

12,30,066

5,000

12,83,865

1

9,577

2,41,426

981

2,51,985

1,68,544

-19,795

Jun-09

2

46,914

12,16,345

5,974

12,69,235

1

9,800

2,54,093

1,248

2,65,142

1,70,814

2,270

– : Negligible.
# : Gold has been valued close to international market price.
* : Variations over the previous March.
Note : 1. Gold holdings include acquisition of gold worth US $ 191million from the Government during 1991-92, US $ 29.4 million during 1992-93, US $ 139.3 million during 1993-94, US $ 315.0 million during 1994-95 and US $ 17.9 million during 1995-96. On the other hand, 1.27 tonnes of gold amounting to Rs 43.55 crore (US $11.97 million), 38.9 tonnes of gold amounting to Rs 1,485.22 crore (US $ 376.0 million) and 0.06 tonnes of gold amounting to Rs. 2.13 crore (US $ 0.5 million) were repurchased by the Central Government on November 13, 1997, April 1, 1998 and October 5, 1998 respectively for meeting its redemption obligation under the Gold Bond Scheme.
2. Conversion of foreign currency assets into US dollar was done at exchange rates supplied by the IMF up to March 1999. Effective April 1, 1999, the conversion is at New York closing exchange rate.
3. Foreign currency assets excludes US $ 250.00 million (as also its equivalent in Indian Rupee) invested in foreign currency denominated bonds issued by IIFC (UK) since March 20, 2009.