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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Sep 24, 2010
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on Sep. 17, 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

13,24,937

287,734

–739

3,234

65,272

8,677

1,702

4,264

–28,670

6,964

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

11,98,657

260,748

–584

3,179*

49,007

6,063

–8,408

2,165

–74,996

–3,605

(b) Gold $

94,199

20,008

13,011

2,022

8,812

1,716

46,158

10,180

(c) SDRs @

23,105

5,026

–112

40

509

20

–1,023

–143

–2,231

–198

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,976

1,952

–43

15

2,745

572

2,321

526

2,399

587

+ Excludes ` 1,149 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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