Item |
As on August 24, 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 |
16,081.2 |
290,179.3 |
–14.4 |
1,259.9 |
1,019.9 |
–4,218.2 |
276.5 |
–6,509.4 |
1,431.1 |
–28,995.3 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,281.0 |
257,872.5 |
–14.8 |
1,215.7* |
975.9 |
–2,196.2 |
274.5 |
–5,060.8 |
1,101.7 |
–28,322.2 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,435.1 |
25,714.7 |
— |
— |
52.6 |
–1,308.4 |
17.0 |
–905.6 |
315.7 |
366.0 |
(c) SDRs @ |
242.9 |
4,386.0 |
0.2 |
29.4 |
14.3 |
–83.3 |
7.0 |
–43.0 |
29.2 |
–254.5 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
122.2 |
2,206.1 |
0.2 |
14.8 |
–22.9 |
–630.3 |
–22.0 |
–500.0 |
–15.5 |
–784.6 |
+ Excludes ` 43.7 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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