Item |
As on June 29, 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 |
16,329.5 |
289,992.2 |
–104.7 |
1,364.5 |
1,268.2 |
–4,405.3 |
524.8 |
–6,696.5 |
2,210.8 |
–25,722.9 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,469.3 |
256,958.4 |
–107.7 |
1,175.3* |
1,164.2 |
–3,110.3 |
462.8 |
–5,974.9 |
1,793.1 |
–26,500.0 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,450.6 |
25,760.2 |
7.1 |
175.2 |
68.1 |
–1,262.9 |
32.5 |
–860.1 |
347.4 |
1,091.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
246.6 |
4,379.1 |
–2.5 |
8.4 |
18.0 |
–90.2 |
10.7 |
–49.9 |
40.3 |
–234.5 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
163.0 |
2,894.5 |
–1.6 |
5.6 |
17.9 |
58.1 |
18.8 |
188.4 |
30.0 |
–80.2 |
+ Excludes ` 37.9 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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