Item |
As on Aug. 20, 2010 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2010 |
End-December 2009 |
Year |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
13,15,884 |
282,549 |
–1,120 |
–242 |
56,219 |
3,492 |
–7,351 |
–921 |
–9,078 |
10,592 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,94,167 |
256,369 |
–1,033 |
–222* |
44,517 |
1,684 |
–12,898 |
–2,214 |
–77,646 |
–4,569 |
(b) Gold $ |
89,564 |
19,278 |
— |
— |
8,376 |
1,292 |
4,177 |
986 |
42,988 |
9,607 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,157 |
4,971 |
–63 |
–14 |
561 |
–35 |
–971 |
–198 |
23,156 |
4,971 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,996 |
1,931 |
–24 |
–6 |
2,765 |
551 |
2,341 |
505 |
2,424 |
583 |
+ : Excludes ` 1,165 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 ` 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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