Item |
As on September 21, 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 |
15,894.4 |
293,974.4 |
–247.6 |
–502.4 |
833.1 |
–423.1 |
89.7 |
–2,714.3 |
465.7 |
–18,732.3 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
14,071.0 |
261,031.1 |
–241.1 |
–485.6* |
765.9 |
962.4 |
64.5 |
–1,902.2 |
315.7 |
–15,902.8 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,462.1 |
26,239.4 |
|
— |
79.6 |
–783.7 |
44.0 |
–380.9 |
158.9 |
–2,079.3 |
(c) SDRs @ |
240.4 |
4,460.4 |
–4.3 |
–11.2 |
11.8 |
–8.9 |
4.5 |
31.4 |
17.1 |
–36.3 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
120.9 |
2,243.5 |
–2.2 |
–5.6 |
–24.2 |
–592.9 |
–23.3 |
–462.6 |
–26.0 |
–713.9 |
+ Excludes ` 42.6 billion/US$ 790 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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