Item |
As on Dec. 24, 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 |
13,36,212 |
295,031 |
–2,426 |
429 |
76,547 |
15,974 |
12,977 |
11,561 |
11,080 |
11,532 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,02,687 |
265,905 |
–2,183 |
457* |
53,037 |
11,220 |
–4,378 |
7,322 |
–7,082 |
7,186 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,01,857 |
22,124 |
— |
— |
20,669 |
4,138 |
16,470 |
3,832 |
17,349 |
3,942 |
(c) SDRs @ |
22,808 |
5,043 |
–175 |
–20 |
212 |
37 |
–1,320 |
–126 |
–1,377 |
–129 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
8,860 |
1,959 |
–68 |
–8 |
2,629 |
579 |
2,205 |
533 |
2,190 |
533 |
+ Excludes ` 1,131 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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