Special Drawing RightsSDR

The IMF created the SDR in 1969 to supplement member countries' official reserves. SDRs are allocated to members in proportion to their IMF quotas. They are not a currency and cannot be used by private parties; rather, they are a potential claim on the freely usable currencies of IMF members. Countries can exchange SDRs for hard currency with other members through voluntary arrangements.

The SDR's value is based on a basket of five currencies: the US dollar, euro, Chinese renminbi, Japanese yen and British pound. The IMF reviews the basket every five years and sets the weights. The SDR is also the IMF's unit of account, used to denominate quotas, loans and charges.

General allocations, such as the large allocation made in 2021 to help countries cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, boost member countries' reserves. Holdings of SDRs are counted as part of a country's foreign exchange reserves.

Nepal, as an IMF member since 1961, holds SDRs as part of NRB's reserve assets, and its IMF quota and borrowing from the IMF are expressed in SDRs.

IMF ले सदस्य राष्ट्रको आधिकारिक सञ्चिति पूरक बनाउन सन् १९६९ मा SDR सिर्जना गरेको हो। SDR सदस्यलाई IMF कोटाको अनुपातमा बाँडिन्छ। यो मुद्रा होइन र निजी पक्षले प्रयोग गर्न सक्दैनन्; यो IMF सदस्यका स्वतन्त्र रूपमा प्रयोग हुने मुद्रामाथिको सम्भावित दाबी हो।

SDR को मूल्य अमेरिकी डलर, युरो, चिनियाँ रेन्मिन्बी, जापानी येन र बेलायती पाउन्ड गरी पाँच मुद्राको टोकरीमा आधारित छ र IMF ले प्रत्येक पाँच वर्षमा समीक्षा गर्छ। SDR, IMF को लेखा एकाइ पनि हो। सन् २०२१ मा कोभिड-१९ सामना गर्न ठूलो सामान्य बाँडफाँट गरिएको थियो। सन् १९६१ देखि IMF सदस्य नेपालको SDR नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंकको सञ्चितिमा गनिन्छ।