Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2010 -10362.0 -8966.0 -7825.0 -10420.0 -11292.0 -10554.0 -12930.0 -13060.0 -9118.0 -9720.0 -8900.0 -2600.0
2009 -5359.0 -3121.0 -3681.0 -6655.0 -7854.0 -9407.0 -7796.0 -8471.0 -6707.0 -8801.0 -9690.0 -10147.0
2008 -7955.0 -5688.0 -6320.0 -11857.0 -10757.0 -9770.0 -12595.0 -15764.0 -15347.0 -11738.0 -12325.0 -6088.0

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 14343.0 16091.0 19908.0 16887.0 16145.0 17750.0 16240.0 16640.0 18023.0 17960.0 18890.0 22500.0
2009 12869.0 11941.0 12916.0 12397.0 11952.0 12933.0 13173.0 12932.0 13741.0 13193.0 13199.0 14606.0
2008 14889.0 15116.0 17254.0 18460.0 18687.0 19181.0 19030.0 17759.0 15789.0 14131.0 11163.0 13368.0
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 24705.0 25057.0 27733.0 27307.0 27437.0 28299.0 29170.0 29700.0 27141.0 27680.0 27790.0 25100.0
2009 18228.0 15062.0 16597.0 19052.0 19806.0 23013.0 20969.0 21403.0 20448.0 21994.0 22888.0 24753.0
2008 22844.0 20804.0 23574.0 30317.0 29444.0 28951.0 31625.0 33523.0 31136.0 25869.0 23488.0 19456.0

2005 4628652265.34 2006 5992285935.5 2007 7846871284.62 2008 22807027033.51

EXCHANGE RATES

Country Currency Pair Yearly % Chg  

Euro Area Euro EURUSD -3.29 % View Live Chart
Japan Japanese Yen USDJPY -8.70 % View Live Chart
United Kingdom British Pound GBPUSD -1.20 % View Live Chart
Canada Canadian Dollar USDCAD -5.63 % View Live Chart
Australia Australian Dollar AUDUSD 10.00 % View Live Chart
New Zealand New Zealand Dollar NZDUSD 6.90 % View Live Chart
Switzerland Swiss Franc USDCHF -8.09 % View Live Chart
China Chinese Yuan USDCNY -3.51 % View Live Chart
Brazil Brazilian Real USDBRL -6.95 % View Live Chart
India Indian Rupee USDINR -0.92 % View Live Chart
Russia Russian Ruble USDRUB 0.54 % View Live Chart
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Riyal USDSAR -100.00 % View Live Chart
Singapore Singapore Dollar USDSGD -8.63 % View Live Chart
South Africa South African Rand USDZAR -7.18 % View Live Chart
South Korea South Korean Won USDKRW -1.16 % View Live Chart
Sweden Swedish Krona USDSEK -9.12 % View Live Chart
Norway Norwegian Krone USDNOK -0.08 % View Live Chart
Pakistan Pakistan Rupee USDPKR 1.61 % View Live Chart
Peru Peruvian Nuevo Sol USDPEN -2.74 % View Live Chart
Poland Polish Zloty USDPLN -2.04 % View Live Chart
Thailand Thai Baht USDTHB -7.67 % View Live Chart
Turkey Turkish Lira USDTRY 5.81 % View Live Chart
United Arab Emirates UAE Dirham USDAED 0.00 % View Live Chart
Argentina Argentinean Peso USDARS 4.62 % View Live Chart
Venezuela Venezuelan Bolivar USDVEB 99.75 % View Live Chart
Indonesia Indonesian Rupiah USDIDR -2.60 % View Live Chart
Israel Israeli Shekel USDILS -3.00 % View Live Chart
Malaysia Malaysian Dollar USDMYR -9.41 % View Live Chart
Mexico Mexican Peso USDMXN -6.95 % View Live Chart
Hong Kong Hong Kong Dollar USDHKD 0.28 % View Live Chart
Hungary Hungarian Forint USDHUF 4.18 % View Live Chart
Iceland Icelandic Krona USDISK -8.13 % View Live Chart
Chile Chilean Peso USDCLP -1.64 % View Live Chart
Colombia Colombian Peso USDCOP -6.72 % View Live Chart
Czech Republic Czech Koruna USDCZK -3.81 % View Live Chart
Denmark Danish Krone USDDKK 3.56 % View Live Chart

Foreign Exchange Reserves

 As on Jan. 14, 2011 Variation over

End-December
Item Week End-March 2010
2010

`  Crore US$ Mn. `  Crore US$ Mn. `  Crore US$ Mn. `  Crore US$ Mn.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

13,46,202 297,418 13,537 3,407 86,537 18,361 13,848 84

(a) Foreign Currency Assets + 12,13,434 267,866 13,127 3,306* 63,784 13,181 13,357 52

1,00,686 22,470 — — 19,498 4,484 — —

23,106 5,101 295 73 510 95 353 23

(d) Reserve Position in the

8,976 1,981 115 28 2,745 601 138 9

1,133 crore /US$ 250 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,

31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.

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