Item
|
As on Jul. 3, 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 |
12,69,107 |
264,477 |
-13,217 |
-107 |
-14,758 |
12,492 |
28,946 |
8,509 |
-63,238 |
-43,920 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,16,219 |
253,432 |
-14,636 |
-300* |
-13,847 |
12,006 |
21,429 |
6,829 |
-74,295 |
-45,229 |
(b) |
Gold |
46,914 |
9,800 |
1,497 |
196 |
-1,879 |
223 |
5,804 |
1,315 |
7,366 |
592 |
(c) |
SDRs |
6 |
1 |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
-7 |
-2 |
-42 |
-10 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
5,968 |
1,244 |
-81 |
-3 |
968 |
263 |
1,720 |
367 |
3,733 |
727 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1200 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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