Item |
As on Jan. 6,
2012 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2011 |
End-December
2011 |
Year |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$
Mn. |
`
Bn. |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total Reserves |
15,506.2 |
293,541.4 |
–298.5 |
–3,147.3 |
1,896.1 |
–11,276.7 |
–298.5 |
–3,147.3 |
2,179.5 |
–468.8 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,712.8 |
259,809.9 |
–293.7 |
–3,123.4* |
1,464.0 |
–14,519.9 |
–293.7 |
–3,123.4 |
1,709.7 |
–4,749.8 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,418.1 |
26,620.3 |
— |
— |
392.4 |
3,647.9 |
— |
— |
411.2 |
4,150.8 |
(c) SDRs @ |
233.0 |
4,414.2 |
–2.9 |
–14.8 |
29.0 |
–154.8 |
–2.9 |
–14.8 |
4.9 |
–613.7 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
142.3 |
2,697.0 |
–1.9 |
–9.1 |
10.7 |
–249.9 |
–1.9 |
–9.1 |
53.7 |
743.9 |
+ Excludes ` 20.1 billion/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 `314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009. |
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