Item |
As on July 13, 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 |
15,977.3 |
286,749.7 |
14.3 |
–872.7 |
916.0 |
–7,647.8 |
172.6 |
–9,939.0 |
1,967.6 |
–27,758.3 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,167.5 |
254,536.7 |
55.6 |
–99.7* |
862.4 |
–5,532.0 |
161.0 |
–8,396.6 |
1,596.7 |
–27,762.7 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,450.6 |
25,760.2 |
— |
— |
68.1 |
–1,262.9 |
32.5 |
–860.1 |
347.4 |
1,091.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
241.0 |
4,329.2 |
–0.1 |
–21.1 |
12.4 |
–140.1 |
5.1 |
–99.8 |
36.9 |
–255.2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
118.2 |
2,123.6 |
–41.2 |
–751.9 |
–26.9 |
–712.8 |
–26.0 |
–582.5 |
–13.4 |
–832.2 |
+ Excludes ` 44.0 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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