Item |
As on Mar. 12, 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 |
12,72,666 |
279,708 |
–2,796 |
1,277 |
–11,199 |
27,723 |
–50,569 |
–3,762 |
–11,574 |
30,984 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,60,432 |
255,321 |
–2,708 |
1,249* |
–69,634 |
13,895 |
–46,633 |
–3,262 |
–70,125 |
17,164 |
(b) Gold $ |
82,845 |
17,920 |
— |
— |
34,052 |
8,343 |
–2,542 |
–372 |
33,405 |
8,174 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,037 |
5,069 |
–69 |
22 |
23,031 |
5,068 |
–1,091 |
–100 |
23,031 |
5,068 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,352 |
1,398 |
–19 |
6 |
1,352 |
417 |
–303 |
–28 |
2,115 |
578 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1136 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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