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Date : Jul 09, 2010
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on July 2, 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

12,98,784

278,267

9,894

1,287

39,119

–790

–24,451

–5,203

29,677

13,790

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,76,936

252,129

6,999

746*

27,286

–2,556

–30,129

–6,454

–39,283

–1,303

(b) Gold $

92,704

19,894

2,484

471

11,516

1,908

7,317

1,602

45,790

10,094

(c) SDRs @

22,961

4,919

324

55

365

–87

–1,167

–250

22,955

4,918

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

6,183

1,325

87

15

–48

–55

–472

–101

215

81

+ : Excludes Rs.1,167 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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