Item

As on Apr. 22, 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

11

Total Reserves

13,72,801

309,705

1,654

1,788

11,787

4,887

40,447

12,371

1,26,936

30,229

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,36,499

279,119

1,648

1,749*

11,616

4,789

36,422

11,305

1,00,165

23,992

(b) Gold $

1,02,572

22,972

—

—

—

—

1,886

502

21,384

4,986

(c) SDRs @

20,505

4,629

4

24

104

60

–2,248

–449

–1,712

–359

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,225

2,985

2

15

67

38

4,387

1,013

7,099

1,610

 + Excludes ` 1,107 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.