Item |
As on Sep. 3, 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 |
13,32,447 |
285,328 |
7,821 |
2,486 |
72,782 |
6,271 |
9,212 |
1,858 |
–24,971 |
7,679 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,05,877 |
258,384 |
3,223 |
1,736 * |
56,227 |
3,699 |
–1,188 |
–199 |
–73,363 |
–3,273 |
(b) Gold $ |
94,199 |
20,008 |
4,635 |
730 |
13,011 |
2,022 |
8,812 |
1,716 |
46,158 |
10,180 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,314 |
4,995 |
–27 |
14 |
718 |
–11 |
–814 |
–174 |
–240 |
177 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
9,057 |
1,941 |
–10 |
6 |
2,826 |
561 |
2,402 |
515 |
2,474 |
595 |
+ Excludes ` 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 ` 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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