Item |
As on Jun. 24, 2011 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2011 |
End-December 2010 |
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 |
13,88,955 |
309,020 |
–6,644 |
–1,542 |
27,941 |
4,202 |
56,601 |
11,686 |
1,00,065 |
32,040 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
12,45,256 |
277,093 |
–6,538 |
–1,517* |
20,373 |
2,763 |
45,179 |
9,279 |
75,319 |
25,710 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,09,832 |
24,391 |
— |
— |
7,260 |
1,419 |
9,146 |
1,921 |
19,612 |
4,968 |
(c) SDRs @ |
20,591 |
4,582 |
–64 |
–15 |
190 |
13 |
–2,162 |
–496 |
–2,046 |
–282 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,276 |
2,954 |
–42 |
–10 |
118 |
7 |
4,438 |
982 |
7,180 |
1,644 |
+ Excludes ` 1,124 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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