Item |
As on Nov. 26, 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 |
13,42,061 |
293,979 |
–5,061 |
–4,006 |
82,396 |
14,922 |
18,826 |
10,509 |
–354 |
7,256 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,13,279 |
265,255 |
–5,006 |
–3,920* |
63,629 |
10,570 |
6,214 |
6,672 |
–15,245 |
2,806 |
(b) Gold $ |
96,510 |
21,668 |
— |
— |
15,322 |
3,682 |
11,123 |
3,376 |
14,329 |
4,168 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,243 |
5,082 |
–40 |
–62 |
647 |
76 |
–885 |
–87 |
–1,612 |
–228 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
9,029 |
1,974 |
–15 |
–24 |
2,798 |
594 |
2,374 |
548 |
2,174 |
510 |
+ Excludes ` 1,144 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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