Item |
As on Mar. 25, 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 |
13,56,220 |
303,482 |
–12,488 |
–24 |
96,555 |
24,425 |
23,866 |
6,148 |
98,514 |
26,440 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets+ |
12,22,062 |
273,698 |
–12,174 |
–29
* |
72,412 |
19,013 |
21,985 |
5,884 |
76,071 |
20,943 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,00,041 |
22,143 |
— |
— |
18,853 |
4,157 |
–645 |
–327 |
17,196 |
4,223 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,362 |
5,232 |
–215 |
3 |
766 |
226 |
609 |
154 |
732 |
241 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
10,755 |
2,409 |
–99 |
2 |
4,524 |
1,029 |
1,917 |
437 |
4,515 |
1,033 |
+ Excludes ` 1,116 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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