Item |
As on November 16, 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 |
16,116.8 |
293,526.3 |
171.0 |
–32.7 |
1,055.5 |
–871.2 |
312.1 |
–3,162.4 |
335.6 |
–15,097.7 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,225.8 |
258,690.8 |
167.6 |
–16.4 * | 920.7 |
–1,377.9 | 219.3 |
–4,242.5 | 126.3 |
–15,884.7 |
(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 @ |
241.9 |
4,398.0 |
2.3 |
–10.8 |
13.3 |
–71.3 |
6.0 |
–31.0 |
9.4 |
–128.9 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
123.6 |
2,248.2 |
1.1 |
–5.5 |
–21.5 |
–588.2 |
–20.6 |
–457.9 |
–11.2 |
–377.1 |
+ Excludes ` 43.4 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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