Item |
As on June 8, 2012 |
Variation over |
Week |
End-March 2012 |
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 |
15,936.4 |
287,378.7 |
–61.6 |
1,521.8 |
875.1 |
–7,018.8 |
131.7 |
–9,310.0 |
2,043.2 |
–23,124.2 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,094.3 |
254,593.5 |
–58.7 |
1,499.8* |
789.2 |
–5,475.2 |
87.8 |
–8,339.8 |
1,639.3 |
–23,917.4 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,443.5 |
25,585.0 |
— |
— |
61.0 |
–1,438.1 |
25.4 |
–1,035.3 |
345.2 |
1,194.2 |
(c) SDRs @ |
241.4 |
4,359.8 |
–1.7 |
13.3 |
12.8 |
–109.5 |
5.5 |
–69.2 |
34.8 |
–261.1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
157.2 |
2,840.4 |
–1.2 |
8.7 |
12.1 |
4.0 |
13.0 |
134.3 |
23.9 |
–139.9 |
+ Excludes ` 37.3 billion/US$ 673 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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