Item |
As on Jan. 7, 2011 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2010 |
End-December 2010 |
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 |
13,32,665 |
294,011 |
311 |
–3,323 |
73,000 |
14,954 |
311 |
–3,323 |
29,136 |
9,749 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,00,307 |
264,560 |
230 |
–3,254 * |
50,657 |
9,875 |
230 |
–3,254 |
12,227 |
5,154 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,00,686 |
22,470 |
— |
— |
19,498 |
4,484 |
— |
— |
15,299 |
4,178 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,811 |
5,028 |
58 |
–50 |
215 |
22 |
58 |
–50 |
–752 |
–117 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,861 |
1,953 |
23 |
–19 |
2,630 |
573 |
23 |
–19 |
2,362 |
534 |
+ Excludes ` 1,134 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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