Item |
As on Feb. 11, 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 |
13,67,097 |
298,663 |
–108 |
–752 |
1,07,432 |
19,606 |
34,743 |
1,329 |
70,100 |
19,464 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,32,626 |
269,368 |
5 |
–707* |
82,976 |
14,683 |
32,549 |
1,554 |
49,306 |
14,672 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,00,739 |
21,924 |
— |
— |
19,551 |
3,938 |
53 |
–546 |
17,015 |
3,868 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,448 |
5,124 |
–79 |
–31 |
852 |
118 |
695 |
46 |
–31 |
70 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
10,284 |
2,247 |
–34 |
–14 |
4,053 |
867 |
1,446 |
275 |
3,810 |
854 |
+ 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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