Item

As on Jul. 1, 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

14,11,878

315,715

22,923

6,695

50,864

10,897

79,524

18,381

1,13,094

37,448

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,67,626

283,458

22,370

6,365*

42,743

9,128

67,549

15,644

90,690

31,329

(b) Gold $

1,10,317

24,668

485

277

7,745

1,696

9,631

2,198

17,613

4,774

(c) SDRs @

20,632

4,614

41

32

231

45

–2,121

–464

–2,329

–305

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,303

2,975

27

21

145

28

4,465

1,003

7,120

1,650

+ Excludes ` 1,118 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.