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Item |
As on Mar. 27, 2009 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2008 |
End-December 2008 |
Year |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
12,75,438 |
252,326 |
2,181 |
-1,500 |
37,473 |
-57,397 |
35,277 |
-3,642 |
35,880 |
-56,835 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,21,030 |
241,597 |
1,434 |
-1,641 * |
25,007 |
-57,633 |
26,240 |
-5,006 |
21,451 |
-57,550 |
(b) Gold |
49,440 |
9,746 |
— |
— |
9,316 |
-293 |
8,330 |
1,261 |
11,286 |
188 |
(c) SDRs |
6 |
1 |
— |
— |
-68 |
-17 |
-7 |
-2 |
-68 |
-18 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
4,962 |
982 |
747 |
141 |
3,218 |
546 |
714 |
105 |
3,211 |
545 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1264 crore /US$ 250 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. |
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