Item |
As on May 29, 2009 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2009 |
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 |
12,40,441 |
262,306 |
7,697 |
1,667 |
-43,424 |
10,321 |
280 |
6,338 |
-99,502 |
-52,308 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,89,136 |
251,456 |
8,610 |
1,291* |
-40,930 |
10,030 |
-5,654 |
4,853 |
-1,09,328 |
-53,419 |
(b) |
Gold |
45,417 |
9,604 |
-940 |
373 |
-3,376 |
27 |
4,307 |
1,119 |
6,227 |
402 |
(c) |
SDRs |
2 |
1 |
— |
— |
-4 |
— |
-11 |
-2 |
-45 |
-10 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,886 |
1,245 |
27 |
3 |
886 |
264 |
1,638 |
368 |
3,644 |
719 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1182 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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