Item |
As on Oct. 9, 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 |
13,12,241 |
281,861 |
-29,646 |
1,521 |
28,376 |
29,876 |
72,080 |
25,893 |
-21,183 |
7,857 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,31,979 |
264,942 |
-28,964 |
1,477* |
1,913 |
23,516 |
37,189 |
18,339 |
-58,991 |
-35 |
(b) |
Gold |
49,556 |
10,316 |
— |
— |
763 |
739 |
8,446 |
1,831 |
9,351 |
1,751 |
(c) |
SDRs @ |
24,345 |
5,235 |
-541 |
35 |
24,339 |
5,234 |
24,332 |
5,232 |
24,328 |
5,231 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,361 |
1,368 |
-141 |
9 |
1,361 |
387 |
2,113 |
491 |
4,129 |
910 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1163 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.
@ : Includes SDR 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,883 million) allocated under general allocation and SDR 214.6 (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special
allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively. |
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