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Weekly Statistical Supplement


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Date : Nov 23, 2012
Foreign Exchange Reserves

Item

As on November 16, 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

16,116.8

293,526.3

171.0

–32.7

1,055.5

–871.2

312.1

–3,162.4

335.6

–15,097.7

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,225.8

258,690.8

167.6

–16.4 *

920.7

–1,377.9

219.3

–4,242.5

126.3

–15,884.7

(b) Gold $

1,525.5

28,189.3

143.0

1,166.2

107.4

1,569.0

211.1

1,293.0

(c) SDRs @

241.9

4,398.0

2.3

–10.8

13.3

–71.3

6.0

–31.0

9.4

–128.9

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

123.6

2,248.2

1.1

–5.5

–21.5

–588.2

–20.6

–457.9

–11.2

–377.1

+ Excludes ` 43.4 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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