Item
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As on Sep. 25, 2009
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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 |
13,43,894 |
279,910 |
-9,548 |
-860 |
60,029 |
27,925 |
1,03,733 |
23,942 |
-8,728 |
-11,909 |
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,64,262 |
263,498 |
-9,391 |
-855 * |
34,196 |
22,072 |
69,472 |
16,895 |
-48,090 |
-19,154 |
(b) |
Gold |
48,041 |
9,828 |
— |
— |
-752 |
251 |
6,931 |
1,343 |
9,977 |
1,136 |
(c) |
SDRs @ |
25,047 |
5,220 |
-124 |
-4 |
25,041 |
5,219 |
25,034 |
5,217 |
25,030 |
5,216 |
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,544 |
1,364 |
–33 |
-1 |
1,544 |
383 |
2,296 |
487 |
4,355 |
893 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1200 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.
@ : Includes SDR 3,082.5 million (equivalent to US$ 4,883 million) allocated under general allocation and SDR 214.6 (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special
allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively. |
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