Item |
As on July 6, 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 |
15,963.0 |
287,622.4 |
–366.5 |
–2,369.8 |
901.7 |
–6,775.1 |
158.3 |
–9,066.3 |
2,006.3 |
–26,997.1 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,111.9 |
254,636.4 |
–357.4 |
–2,322.0* |
806.8 |
–5,432.3 |
105.4 |
–8,296.9 |
1,592.5 |
–27,777.7 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,450.6 |
25,760.2 |
— |
— |
68.1 |
–1,262.9 |
32.5 |
–860.1 |
347.4 |
1,091.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
241.1 |
4,350.3 |
–5.5 |
–28.8 |
12.5 |
–119.0 |
5.2 |
–78.7 |
38.0 |
–232.1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
159.4 |
2,875.5 |
–3.6 |
–19.0 |
14.3 |
39.1 |
15.2 |
169.4 |
28.4 |
–79.1 |
+ Excludes ` 43.8 billion/US$ 790 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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