Item |
As on November 30, 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 |
16,058.5 |
294,509.7 |
–232.5 |
–471.3 |
997.2 |
112.2 |
253.8 |
–2,179.0 |
279.1 |
–12,334.4 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,177.5 |
260,012.5 |
–219.7 |
–125.7* |
872.4 |
–56.2 |
171.0 |
–2,920.8 |
226.1 |
–11,679.1 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,516.0 |
27,803.1 |
–9.5 |
–386.2 |
133.5 |
780.0 |
97.9 |
1,182.8 |
53.1 |
–237.7 |
(c) SDRs @ |
241.5 |
4,429.7 |
–2.2 |
26.9 |
12.9 |
–39.6 |
5.6 |
0.7 |
10.4 |
–71.6 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
123.5 |
2,264.4 |
–1.1 |
13.7 |
–21.6 |
–572.0 |
–20.7 |
–441.7 |
–10.5 |
–346.0 |
+ Excludes ` 43.1 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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