Item |
As on Oct. 23, 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 |
13,27,874 |
285,520 |
8,114 |
684 |
44,009 |
33,535 |
87,713 |
29,552 |
39,673 |
27,105 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,46,475 |
268,348 |
6,911 |
450* |
16,409 |
26,922 |
51,685 |
21,745 |
753 |
18,954 |
(b) |
Gold |
49,556 |
10,316 |
— |
— |
763 |
739 |
8,446 |
1,831 |
9,351 |
1,751 |
(c) |
SDRs @ |
24,464 |
5,267 |
171 |
17 |
24,458 |
5,266 |
24,451 |
5,264 |
24,421 |
5,258 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
7,379 |
1,589 |
1,032 |
217 |
2,379 |
608 |
3,131 |
712 |
5,148 |
1,142 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1161 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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