Item |
As on Apr. 29, 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 |
13,91,365 |
313,511 |
18,564 |
3,806 |
30,351 |
8,693 |
59,011 |
16,177 |
1,48,674 |
33,878 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,51,681 |
282,037 |
15,182 |
2,918* |
26,798 |
7,707 |
51,604 |
14,223 |
1,19,470 |
27,264 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,05,582 |
23,790 |
3,010 |
818 |
3,010 |
818 |
4,896 |
1,320 |
23,205 |
5,253 |
(c) SDRs @ |
20,731 |
4,671 |
226 |
42 |
330 |
102 |
–2,022 |
–407 |
–1,411 |
–311 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,371 |
3,013 |
146 |
28 |
213 |
66 |
4,533 |
1,041 |
7,410 |
1,672 |
+ Excludes ` 1,109 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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