Item |
As on June 15, 2012 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2012 |
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 |
16,153.6 |
289,396.1 |
217.2 |
2,017.4 |
1,092.3 |
–5,001.4 |
348.9 |
–7,292.6 |
2,197.6 |
–21,165.9 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,304.0 |
256,526.9 |
209.7 |
1,933.4 * |
998.9 |
–3,541.8 |
297.5 |
–6,406.4 |
1,786.1 |
–22,083.0 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,443.5 |
25,585.0 |
— |
— |
61.0 |
–1,438.1 |
25.4 |
–1,035.3 |
345.2 |
1,194.2 |
(c) SDRs @ |
244.5 |
4,385.5 |
3.1 |
25.7 |
15.9 |
–83.8 |
8.6 |
–43.5 |
37.9 |
–211.7 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
161.6 |
2,898.7 |
4.4 |
58.3 |
16.5 |
62.3 |
17.4 |
192.6 |
28.4 |
–65.4 |
+ Excludes ` 37.5 billion/US$ 673 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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