| i) Operations in OTC segment | | Item | 2015-16 | 2016 | 2017 | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1 Net Purchase/ Sale of Foreign Currency (US $ Million) (1.1–1.2) | 10,209.00 | 4,686.00 | 1,190.00 | 3,538.00 | | 1.1 Purchase (+) | 63,299.00 | 8,034.00 | 2,201.00 | 5,024.00 | | 1.2 Sale (–) | 53,090.00 | 3,348.00 | 1,011.00 | 1,486.00 | | 2 ₹ equivalent at contract rate (₹ Billion) | 630.89 | 309.51 | 80.74 | 233.84 | | 3 Cumulative (over end-March) (US $ Million) | 10,209.00 | 10,209.00 | 8,813.00 | 12,351.00 | | (₹ Billion) | 630.89 | 630.89 | 588.33 | 822.17 | | 4 Outstanding Net Forward Sales (–)/ Purchase (+) at the end of month (US $ Million) | –4,253.00 | –4,253.00 | 2,842.00 | 10,835.00 |
| ii) Operations in currency futures segment | | Item | 2015-16 | 2016 | 2017 | | Mar. | Feb. | Mar. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1 Net Purchase/ Sale of Foreign Currency (US $ Million) (1.1–1.2) | 0.00 | 970.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | 1.1 Purchase (+) | 9462.00 | 970.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | 1.2 Sale (–) | 9462.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | 2 Outstanding Net Currency Futures Sales (–)/ Purchase (+) at the end of month (US $ Million) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Note: Maturity-wise position of outstanding forward contracts is available at http://nsdp.rbi.org.in under ‘‘Reserves Template’’. | |