Item |
As on Dec. 2, 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 |
Total Reserves |
15,77,944 |
306,844 |
–1,056 |
2,479 |
2,16,930 |
2,026 |
2,45,590 |
9,510 |
2,39,422 |
10,454 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,95,137 |
271,692 |
–15,418 |
1,315 |
1,70,254 |
–2,638 |
1,95,060 |
3,878 |
1,90,190 |
4,460 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,95,137 |
271,692 |
–15,418 |
1,315 |
1,70,254 |
–2,638 |
1,95,060 |
3,878 |
1,90,190 |
4,460 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,46,289 |
28,041 |
14,847 |
1,145 |
43,717 |
5,069 |
45,603 |
5,571 |
44,432 |
5,917 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,114 |
4,501 |
–307 |
12 |
2,713 |
–68 |
361 |
–577 |
270 |
–565 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,404 |
2,610 |
–178 |
7 |
246 |
–337 |
4,566 |
638 |
4,530 |
642 |
+ Excludes `1,951 crore/US$ 380 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 (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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