Item |
As on Mar. 5, 2010 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2009 |
End-December 2009 |
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 |
12,75,462 |
278,431 |
–11,386 |
74 |
–8,403 |
26,446 |
–47,773 |
–5,039 |
2,421 |
31,139 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,63,140 |
254,072 |
–11,062 |
81* |
–66,926 |
12,646 |
–43,925 |
–4,511 |
–56,243 |
17,345 |
(b) Gold $ |
82,845 |
17,920 |
— |
— |
34,052 |
8,343 |
–2,542 |
–372 |
33,405 |
8,174 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,106 |
5,047 |
–254 |
–6 |
23,100 |
5,046 |
–1,022 |
–122 |
23,100 |
5,046 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,371 |
1,392 |
–70 |
–1 |
1,371 |
411 |
–284 |
–34 |
2,159 |
574 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1145 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 million (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated
under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.
$ : Includes Rs.31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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