Item |
As on Oct. 8, 2010 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2010 |
End-December 2009 |
Year |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
`
Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total Reserves |
13,13,835 |
295,792 |
–954 |
1,634 |
54,170 |
16,735 |
–9,400 |
12,322 |
1,594 |
13,931 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
11,89,829 |
268,100 |
–924 |
1,593* |
40,179 |
13,415 |
–17,236 |
9,517 |
–42,150 |
3,158 |
(b) Gold $ |
92,157 |
20,516 |
— |
— |
10,969 |
2,530 |
6,770 |
2,224 |
42,601 |
10,200 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,938 |
5,168 |
–22 |
29 |
342 |
162 |
–1,190 |
–1 |
–1,407 |
–67 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,911 |
2,008 |
–8 |
12 |
2,680 |
628 |
2,256 |
582 |
2,550 |
640 |
+ Excludes ` 1,110 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 ` 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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