End of Month |
Foreign Exchange Reserves (` billion) |
Foreign Exchange Reserves (US $ million) |
Total Foreign Exchange Reserves (in SDR
million) |
Movement in Foreign Exchange Reserves (in SDR million)* |
SDRs |
Gold # |
Foreign Currency Assets |
Reserve Tranche Position in IMF |
Total (2+3+4+5) |
SDRs |
Gold # |
Foreign Currency Assets |
Reserve Tranche Position in IMF |
Total (7+8+ 9+10) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
Mar-94 |
3.39 |
128 |
473 |
9 |
614 |
108 |
4,078 |
15,068 |
299 |
19,553 |
13,841 |
6,595 |
Mar-95 |
0.23 |
138 |
660 |
11 |
808 |
7 |
4,370 |
20,809 |
331 |
25,517 |
16,352 |
2,511 |
Mar-96 |
2.80 |
157 |
584 |
11 |
754 |
82 |
4,561 |
17,044 |
310 |
21,997 |
15,054 |
-1,298 |
Mar-97 |
0.07 |
146 |
804 |
10 |
960 |
2 |
4,054 |
22,367 |
291 |
26,714 |
19,272 |
4,218 |
Mar-98 |
0.04 |
134 |
1025 |
11 |
1170 |
1 |
3,391 |
25,975 |
283 |
29,650 |
22,200 |
2,929 |
Mar-99 |
0.34 |
126 |
1254 |
28 |
1408 |
8 |
2,960 |
29,522 |
663 |
33,153 |
24,413 |
2,213 |
Mar-00 |
0.16 |
130 |
1529 |
29 |
1688 |
4 |
2,974 |
35,058 |
658 |
38,694 |
28,728 |
4,315 |
Mar-01 |
0.11 |
127 |
1845 |
29 |
2001 |
2 |
2,725 |
39,554 |
616 |
42,897 |
34,034 |
5,306 |
Mar-02 |
0.50 |
149 |
2491 |
30 |
2670 |
10 |
3,047 |
51,049 |
610 |
54,716 |
43,876 |
9,842 |
Mar-03 |
0.19 |
168 |
3415 |
32 |
3615 |
4 |
3,534 |
71,890 |
672 |
76,100 |
55,394 |
11,518 |
Mar-04 |
0.10 |
182 |
4662 |
57 |
4901 |
2 |
4,198 |
107,448 |
1,311 |
112,959 |
76,298 |
20,904 |
Mar-05 |
0.20 |
197 |
5931 |
63 |
6191 |
5 |
4,500 |
135,571 |
1,438 |
141,514 |
93,666 |
17,368 |
Mar-06 |
0.12 |
257 |
6473 |
34 |
6764 |
3 |
5,755 |
145,108 |
756 |
151,622 |
105,231 |
11,565 |
Mar-07 |
0.08 |
296 |
8366 |
20 |
8682 |
2 |
6,784 |
191,924 |
469 |
199,179 |
131,890 |
26,659 |
Jun-07 |
0.06 |
277 |
8399 |
19 |
8694 |
1 |
6,787 |
206,114 |
460 |
213,362 |
140,780 |
8,890 |
Sep-07 |
0.08 |
293 |
9536 |
17 |
9846 |
2 |
7,367 |
239,955 |
438 |
247,762 |
159,164 |
27,274 |
Dec-07 |
0.13 |
328 |
10505 |
17 |
10850 |
3 |
8,328 |
266,553 |
432 |
275,316 |
174,223 |
42,333 |
Mar-08 |
0.74 |
401 |
11960 |
17 |
12380 |
18 |
10,039 |
299,230 |
436 |
309,723 |
188,339 |
56,449 |
Jun-08 |
0.48 |
395 |
12986 |
23 |
13404 |
11 |
9,208 |
302,340 |
528 |
312,087 |
191,040 |
2,701 |
Sep-08 |
0.17 |
402 |
13016 |
22 |
13441 |
4 |
8,565 |
277,300 |
467 |
286,336 |
183,876 |
-4,463 |
Dec-08 |
0.13 |
411 |
11948 |
42 |
12402 |
3 |
8,485 |
246,603 |
877 |
255,968 |
166,184 |
-22,155 |
Mar-09 |
0.06 |
488 |
12301 |
50 |
12839 |
1 |
9,577 |
241,426 |
981 |
251,985 |
168,544 |
-19,795 |
Jun-09 |
0.02 |
469 |
12163 |
60 |
12692 |
1 |
9,800 |
254,093 |
1,248 |
265,142 |
170,814 |
2,270 |
Sep-09 |
251 |
496 |
12700 |
66 |
13513 |
5,224 |
10,316 |
264,373 |
1,365 |
281,278 |
177,533 |
8,989 |
Dec-09 |
241 |
854 |
12071 |
67 |
13232 |
5,169 |
18,292 |
258,583 |
1,426 |
283,470 |
180,820 |
12,276 |
Mar-10 |
226 |
812 |
11497 |
62 |
12597 |
5,006 |
17,986 |
254,685 |
1,380 |
279,057 |
183,803 |
15,259 |
Jun-10 |
227 |
927 |
11633 |
61 |
12848 |
4,875 |
19,894 |
249,628 |
1,313 |
275,710 |
186,429 |
2,626 |
Sep-10 |
230 |
922 |
11914 |
90 |
13156 |
5,130 |
20,516 |
265,231 |
1,993 |
292,870 |
188,197 |
4,394 |
Dec-10 |
228 |
1007 |
12001 |
88 |
13324 |
5,078 |
22,470 |
267,814 |
1,972 |
297,334 |
193,070 |
9,267 |
Mar-11 |
204 |
1026 |
12249 |
132 |
13610 |
4,569 |
22,972 |
274,330 |
2,947 |
304,818 |
192,254 |
8,451 |
Jun-11 |
206 |
1103 |
12676 |
133 |
14119 |
4,614 |
24,668 |
283,458 |
2,975 |
315,715 |
197,266 |
5,012 |
Sep-11 |
220 |
1403 |
13490 |
128 |
15241 |
4,504 |
28,667 |
275,699 |
2,612 |
311,482 |
199,461 |
7,207 |
Dec-11 |
236 |
1418 |
14006 |
144 |
15805 |
4,429 |
26,620 |
262,933 |
2,706 |
296,688 |
193,248 |
994 |
Mar-12 |
229 |
1383 |
13305 |
145 |
15061 |
4,469 |
27,023 |
260,069 |
2,836 |
294,397 |
190,045 |
-2,209 |
Jun-12 |
247 |
1451 |
14455 |
163 |
16315 |
4,379 |
25,760 |
256,703 |
2,895 |
289,736 |
190,924 |
879 |
Sep-12 |
235 |
1483 |
13699 |
120 |
15536 |
4,451 |
28,133 |
259,958 |
2,270 |
294,812 |
191,165 |
1,120 |
Dec-12 |
243 |
1491 |
14333 |
127 |
16194 |
4,436 |
27,220 |
261,656 |
2,326 |
295,638 |
192,357 |
2,312 |
Mar-13 |
235 |
1397 |
14126 |
125 |
15884 |
4,328 |
25,692 |
259,726 |
2,301 |
292,046 |
194,801 |
4,756 |
# : Gold has been valued close to international market price.
* : Variations over the previous March.
Note : 1. Gold holdings include acquisition of gold worth US$ 191 million from the Government during 1991-92, US$ 29.4 million during 1992-93, US$ 139.3 million during 1993-94, US$ 315.0 million during 1994-95 and US$ 17.9 million during 1995-96. On the other hand, 1.27 tonnes of gold amounting to `435.5 million (US$11.97 million), 38.9 tonnes of gold amounting to `14.85 billion (US$ 376.0 million) and 0.06 tonnes of gold amounting to `21.3 million (US$ 0.5 million) were repurchased by the Central Government on November 13, 1997, April 1, 1998 and October 5, 1998 respectively for meeting its redemption obligation under the Gold Bond Scheme.
2. Conversion of foreign currency assets into US dollar was done at exchange rates supplied by the IMF up to March 1999. Effective April
1, 1999, the conversion is at New York closing exchange rate.
3. Foreign currency assets excludes US$ 250.00 million (as also its equivalent in Indian Rupee) invested in foreign currency denominated
bonds issued by IIFC (UK) since March 20, 2009, excludes US$ 380.00 million since September 16, 2011, US$ 550.00 million since
February 27, 2012, US$ 673.00 million since 30th March 2012, US $ 790 million since July 5th, 2012 and US $ 950 million since March
8, 2013. |
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