Item |
As on May 15, 2009 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2009 |
End-December 2008 |
Year |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
12,60,208 |
254,207 |
-1,195 |
-1,734 |
-23,657 |
2,222 |
20,047 |
-1,761 |
-76,980 |
-59,874 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,07,799 |
243,754 |
-1,292 |
-1,747* |
-22,267 |
2,328 |
13,009 |
-2,849 |
-88,961 |
-60,364 |
(b) |
Gold |
46,357 |
9,231 |
— |
— |
-2,436 |
-346 |
5,247 |
746 |
8,216 |
-196 |
(c) |
SDRs |
3 |
1 |
-3 |
— |
-3 |
— |
-10 |
-2 |
–44 |
-10 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,049 |
1,221 |
100 |
13 |
1,049 |
240 |
1,801 |
344 |
3,809 |
696 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1239 crore /US$ 250 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. |
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