Item |
As on July 20, 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 |
15,876.6 |
287,338.7 |
–100.7 |
589.0 |
815.3 |
–7,058.8 |
71.9 |
–9,350.0 |
1,808.5 |
–29,463.0 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,068.9 |
255,102.2 |
–98.6 |
565.5* |
763.8 |
–4,966.5 |
62.4 |
–7,831.1 |
1,441.7 |
–29,423.4 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,450.6 |
25,760.2 |
— |
— |
68.1 |
–1,262.9 |
32.5 |
–860.1 |
347.4 |
1,091.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
239.6 |
4,345.0 |
–1.4 |
15.8 |
11.0 |
–124.3 |
3.7 |
–84.0 |
34.3 |
–280.4 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
117.5 |
2,131.3 |
–0.7 |
7.7 |
–27.6 |
–705.1 |
–26.7 |
–574.8 |
–14.9 |
–851.0 |
+ Excludes ` 43.6 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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