Item |
As on Nov. 25, 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 |
Total Reserves |
15,79,000 |
304,365 |
886 |
–4,259 |
2,17,986 |
–453 |
2,46,646 |
7,031 |
2,36,939 |
10,386 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,10,555 |
270,377 |
610 |
–4,199 |
1,85,672 |
–3,953 |
2,10,478 |
2,563 |
1,97,276 |
5,122 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,31,442 |
26,896 |
— |
— |
28,870 |
3,924 |
30,756 |
4,426 |
34,932 |
5,228 |
(c) SDRs @ |
23,421 |
4,489 |
175 |
–38 |
3,020 |
–80 |
668 |
–589 |
178 |
–593 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
13,582 |
2,603 |
101 |
–22 |
424 |
–344 |
4,744 |
631 |
4,553 |
629 |
+ Excludes `1,982 crore/US$ 380 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 (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
|