Item |
As on Apr. 1, 2011 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2011 |
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 |
13,63,997 |
305,486 |
7,777 |
2,004 |
2,983 |
668 |
31,643 |
8,152 |
1,04,157 |
26,390 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,27,960 |
275,019 |
5,898 |
1,321* |
3,077 |
689 |
27,883 |
7,205 |
78,109 |
20,289 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,02,572 |
22,972 |
2,531 |
829 |
— |
— |
1,886 |
502 |
21,384 |
4,986 |
(c) SDRs @ |
20,344 |
4,556 |
–3,018 |
–676 |
–57 |
–13 |
–2,409 |
–522 |
–2,232 |
–445 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,121 |
2,939 |
2,366 |
530 |
–37 |
–8 |
4,283 |
967 |
6,896 |
1,560 |
+ 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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