Item |
As on August 31, 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 |
16,184.6 |
290,461.6 |
103.4 |
282.3 |
1,123.3 |
–3,935.9 |
379.9 |
–6,227.1 |
1,457.3 |
–30,322.7 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,354.6 |
257,620.1 |
73.6 |
–252.4* |
1,049.5 |
–2,448.6 |
348.1 |
–5,313.2 |
1,278.9 |
–27,254.7 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,462.1 |
26,239.4 |
27.0 |
524.7 |
79.6 |
–783.7 |
44.0 |
–380.9 |
158.9 |
–2,079.3 |
(c) SDRs @ |
244.8 |
4,392.7 |
1.9 |
6.7 |
16.2 |
–76.6 |
8.9 |
–36.3 |
32.9 |
–223.2 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
123.1 |
2,209.4 |
0.9 |
3.3 |
–22.0 |
–627.0 |
–21.1 |
–496.7 |
–13.4 |
–765.5 |
+ 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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