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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Jul 06, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on June 29, 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

16,329.5

289,992.2

–104.7

1,364.5

1,268.2

–4,405.3

524.8

–6,696.5

2,210.8

–25,722.9

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,469.3

256,958.4

–107.7

1,175.3*

1,164.2

–3,110.3

462.8

–5,974.9

1,793.1

–26,500.0

(b) Gold $

1,450.6

25,760.2

7.1

175.2

68.1

–1,262.9

32.5

–860.1

347.4

1,091.8

(c) SDRs @

246.6

4,379.1

–2.5

8.4

18.0

–90.2

10.7

–49.9

40.3

–234.5

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

163.0

2,894.5

–1.6

5.6

17.9

58.1

18.8

188.4

30.0

–80.2

+ Excludes ` 37.9 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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