Item |
As on July 30, 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 |
13,20,311 |
284,183 |
–8,703 |
1,245 |
60,646 |
5,126 |
–2,924 |
713 |
12,091 |
12,542 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,01,227 |
258,551 |
–5,330 |
1,837* |
51,577 |
3,866 |
–5,838 |
–32 |
–53,970 |
–2,080 |
(b) Gold $ |
89,564 |
19,278 |
–3,140 |
–616 |
8,376 |
1,292 |
4,177 |
986 |
42,988 |
9,607 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,257 |
5,006 |
–184 |
19 |
661 |
— |
–871 |
–163 |
23,254 |
5,005 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,263 |
1,348 |
–49 |
5 |
32 |
–32 |
–392 |
–78 |
–181 |
10 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1,162 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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