Item

As on Jan. 21, 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

13,66,233

299,395

20,031

1,977

1,06,568

20,338

33,879

2,061

58,974

16,457

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,31,850

269,551

18,416

1,685 *

82,200

14,866

31,773

1,737

40,294

11,471

(b) Gold $

1,00,686

22,470

—

—

19,498

4,484

—

—

15,299

4,178

(c) SDRs @

23,424

5,126

318

25

828

120

671

48

–338

–21

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

10,273

2,248

1,297

267

4,042

868

1,435

276

3,719

829

+ Excludes ` 1,143 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.