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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jul 02, 2010
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on June 25, 2010

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

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

12,88,890

276,980

14,969

1,011

29,225

–2,077

–34,345

–6,490

6,566

12,396

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,69,937

251,383

14,731

1,013*

20,287

–3,302

–37,128

–7,200

–60,918

–2,349

(b) Gold $

90,220

19,423

9,032

1,437

4,833

1,131

44,803

9,819

(c) SDRs @

22,637

4,864

187

–2

41

–142

–1,491

–305

22,634

4,863

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,096

1,310

51

–135

–70

–559

–116

47

63

+ : Excludes Rs.1,164 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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