Item

As on Mar. 25, 2011

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

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

11

Total Reserves

13,56,220

303,482

–12,488

–24

96,555

24,425

23,866

6,148

98,514

26,440

(a) Foreign Currency Assets+

12,22,062

273,698

–12,174

–29 *

72,412

19,013

21,985

5,884

76,071

20,943

(b) Gold $

1,00,041

22,143

—

—

18,853

4,157

–645

–327

17,196

4,223

(c) SDRs @

23,362

5,232

–215

3

766

226

609

154

732

241

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

10,755

2,409

–99

2

4,524

1,029

1,917

437

4,515

1,033

+ Excludes ` 1,116 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, respectively.
$ Includes ` 31,463 crore (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.