Item |
As on Aug. 27, 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 |
13,24,626 |
282,842 |
8,742 |
293 |
64,961 |
3,785 |
1,391 |
–628 |
–25,269 |
6,480 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,02,654 |
256,648 |
8,487 |
279* |
53,004 |
1,963 |
–4,411 |
–1,935 |
–70,521 |
–3,875 |
(b) Gold $ |
89,564 |
19,278 |
— |
— |
8,376 |
1,292 |
4,177 |
986 |
42,988 |
9,607 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,341 |
4,981 |
184 |
10 |
745 |
–25 |
–787 |
–188 |
–219 |
160 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
9,067 |
1,935 |
71 |
4 |
2,836 |
555 |
2,412 |
509 |
2,483 |
588 |
+ Excludes ` 1,172 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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