Item |
As on Mar. 19, 2010 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2009 |
End-December 2009 |
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 |
12,66,569 |
278,193 |
–6,097 |
–1,515 |
–17,296 |
26,208 |
–56,666 |
–5,277 |
–6,688 |
24,367 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,54,487 |
253,845 |
–5,945 |
–1,476* |
–75,579 |
12,419 |
–52,578 |
–4,738 |
–65,109 |
10,607 |
(b) Gold $ |
82,845 |
17,920 |
— |
— |
34,052 |
8,343 |
–2,542 |
–372 |
33,405 |
8,174 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,918 |
5,039 |
–119 |
–30 |
22,912 |
5,038 |
–1,210 |
–130 |
22,912 |
5,038 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
6,319 |
1,389 |
–33 |
–9 |
1,319 |
408 |
–336 |
–37 |
2,104 |
548 |
+ : Excludes Rs.1137 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 million (equivalent to US $ 340 million) allocated under special allocation by IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively.
$ : Includes Rs.31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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