Item

As on Sep. 9, 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

14,66,895

316,497

–5,845

–4,288

1,05,881

11,679

1,34,541

19,163

1,41,219

31,997

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,01,891

280,701

–5,684

–4,174*

77,008

6,371

1,01,814

12,887

1,02,650

23,132

(b) Gold $

1,30,323

28,319

—

—

27,751

5,347

29,637

5,849

36,124

8,311

(c) SDRs @

21,089

4,547

–98

–69

688

–22

–1,664

–531

–2,128

–439

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,592

2,930

–63

–45

434

–17

4,754

958

4,573

993

+ Excludes `1,159 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 (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.