Item

As on Nov. 18, 2011

Variation over

Week

End-March 2011

End-December 2010

Year

`
Crore

US$
Mn.

`
Crore

US$
Mn.

`
Crore

US$
Mn.

`
Crore

US$
Mn.

`
Crore

US$
Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total Reserves

15,78,114

308,624

1,408

–5,715

2,17,100

3,806

2,45,760

11,290

2,30,992

10,639

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,09,945

274,576

654

–5,713*

1,85,062

246

2,09,868

6,762

1,91,660

5,401

(b) Gold $

1,31,442

26,896

—

—

28,870

3,924

30,756

4,426

34,932

5,228

(c) SDRs @

23,246

4,527

477

–1

2,845

–42

493

–551

–37

–617

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,481

2,625

277

–1

323

–322

4,643

653

4,437

627

+ Excludes `1,951 crore/US$ 380 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 `31,463 crore (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.