Item |
As on Feb. 4, 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 |
13,67,205 |
299,415 |
887 |
243 |
1,07,540 |
20,358 |
34,851 |
2,081 |
69,854 |
20,701 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,32,621 |
270,075 |
926 |
793 * |
82,971 |
15,390 |
32,544 |
2,261 |
49,183 |
15,900 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,00,739 |
21,924 |
53 |
–546 |
19,551 |
3,938 |
53 |
–546 |
17,015 |
3,868 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,527 |
5,155 |
–64 |
–3 |
931 |
149 |
774 |
77 |
–137 |
73 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
10,318 |
2,261 |
–28 |
–1 |
4,087 |
881 |
1,480 |
289 |
3,793 |
860 |
+ Excludes ` 1,141 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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