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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Oct 12, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on October 5, 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

15,259.8

295,039.5

–275.9

227.3

198.5

642.0

–544.9

–1,649.2

–77.2

–17,190.9

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,429.9

260,176.7

–269.2

218.3*

124.8

108.0

–576.6

–2,756.6

–155.4

–16,285.0

(b) Gold $

1,482.5

28,132.9

100.0

1,109.8

64.4

1,512.6

79.8

–533.8

(c) SDRs @

230.1

4,456.9

–4.4

6.0

1.5

–12.4

–5.8

27.9

9.2

–37.8

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

117.3

2,273.0

–2.3

3.0

–27.8

–563.4

–26.9

–433.1

–10.8

–334.3

+ Excludes ` 40.8 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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