Item |
As on December 21, 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 |
16,319.6 |
296,538.8 |
182.5 |
–92.8 |
1,258.3 |
2,141.3 |
514.9 |
–149.9 |
473.5 |
–4,323.6 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,429.8 |
261,949.8 |
173.6 |
–169.9* |
1,124.7 |
1,881.1 |
423.3 |
–983.5 |
424.4 |
–3,706.6 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,516.0 |
27,803.1 |
— |
— |
133.5 |
780.0 |
97.9 |
1,182.8 |
53.1 |
–237.7 |
(c) SDRs @ |
245.2 |
4,452.0 |
3.9 |
15.8 |
16.6 |
–17.3 |
9.3 |
23.0 |
10.7 |
4.3 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
128.6 |
2,333.9 |
5.0 |
61.3 |
–16.5 |
–502.5 |
–15.6 |
–372.2 |
–14.7 |
–383.6 |
+ Excludes ` 43.5 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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