Item |
As on July 27, 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 |
16,017.3 |
288,649.9 |
140.7 |
1,311.2 |
956.0 |
–5,747.6 |
212.6 |
–8,038.8 |
1,926.2 |
–30,440.4 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,206.7 |
256,393.2 |
137.8 |
1,291.0* |
901.6 |
–3,675.5 |
200.2 |
–6,540.1 |
1,569.8 |
–29,766.9 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,450.6 |
25,760.2 |
— |
— |
68.1 |
–1,262.9 |
32.5 |
–860.1 |
331.2 |
411.5 |
(c) SDRs @ |
241.5 |
4,358.5 |
1.9 |
13.5 |
12.9 |
–110.8 |
5.6 |
–70.5 |
37.9 |
–250.9 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
118.5 |
2,138.0 |
1.0 |
6.7 |
–26.6 |
–698.4 |
–25.7 |
–568.1 |
–12.7 |
–834.0 |
+ 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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