Item |
As on November 2, 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 |
15,808.3 |
294,340.5 |
–1.8 |
–950.3 |
747.0 |
–57.0 |
3.6 |
–2,348.2 |
370.2 |
–20,324.4 |
(a) Foreign Currency Assets + |
13,923.7 |
259,459.0 |
–45.0 |
–1,005.8* |
618.6 |
–609.7 |
–82.8 |
–3,474.3 |
153.0 |
–21,117.8 |
(b) Gold $ |
1,525.5 |
28,189.3 |
43.0 |
56.4 |
143.0 |
1,166.2 |
107.4 |
1,569.0 |
211.1 |
1,293.0 |
(c) SDRs @ |
237.6 |
4,428.4 |
–0.1 |
–4.1 |
9.0 |
–40.9 |
1.7 |
–0.6 |
14.2 |
–123.1 |
(d) Reserve Position in the IMF** |
121.5 |
2,263.8 |
0.3 |
3.2 |
–23.6 |
–572.6 |
–22.7 |
–442.3 |
–8.1 |
–376.5 |
+ Excludes ` 42.4 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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