Item |
As on March 16, 2012 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2011 |
End-December
2011 |
Year |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total Reserves |
14,794.0 |
294,821.4 |
120.5 |
862.4 |
1,183.9 |
–9,996.7 |
–1,010.7 |
–1,867.3 |
1,106.9 |
–8,684.9 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,054.9 |
259,489.3 |
120.8 |
910.6* |
806.1 |
–14,840.5 |
–951.6 |
–3,444.0 |
712.5 |
–14,238.0 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,376.6 |
28,127.7 |
— |
— |
350.9 |
5,155.3 |
–41.5 |
1,507.4 |
376.2 |
5,985.0 |
(c) SDRs @ |
222.4 |
4,419.9 |
–0.2 |
–29.7 |
18.4 |
–149.1 |
–13.5 |
–9.1 |
–13.4 |
–809.1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
140.1 |
2,784.5 |
–0.1 |
–18.5 |
8.5 |
–162.4 |
–4.1 |
78.4 |
31.6 |
377.2 |
+ Excludes ` 27.7 billion/US$ 550 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 `314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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