Item |
As on Jan. 21, 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 |
13,66,233 |
299,395 |
20,031 |
1,977 |
1,06,568 |
20,338 |
33,879 |
2,061 |
58,974 |
16,457 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,31,850 |
269,551 |
18,416 |
1,685 * |
82,200 |
14,866 |
31,773 |
1,737 |
40,294 |
11,471 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,00,686 |
22,470 |
— |
— |
19,498 |
4,484 |
— |
— |
15,299 |
4,178 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,424 |
5,126 |
318 |
25 |
828 |
120 |
671 |
48 |
–338 |
–21 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
10,273 |
2,248 |
1,297 |
267 |
4,042 |
868 |
1,435 |
276 |
3,719 |
829 |
+ Excludes ` 1,143 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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