Item |
As on November 9, 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 |
15,945.8 |
293,559.0 |
137.5 |
–781.5 |
884.5 |
–838.5 |
141.1 |
–3,129.7 |
178.8 |
–20,780.5 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,058.2 |
258,707.2 |
134.5 |
–751.8 * |
753.1 |
–1,361.5 |
51.7 |
–4,226.1 |
–34.7 |
–21,581.5 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,525.5 |
28,189.3 |
— |
— |
143.0 |
1,166.2 |
107.4 |
1,569.0 |
211.1 |
1,293.0 |
(c) SDRs @ |
239.6 |
4,408.8 |
2.0 |
–19.6 |
11.0 |
–60.5 |
3.7 |
–20.2 |
11.9 |
–119.6 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
122.5 |
2,253.7 |
1.0 |
–10.1 |
–22.6 |
–582.7 |
–21.7 |
–452.4 |
–9.5 |
–372.4 |
+ Excludes ` 42.9 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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