Item

As on May 13, 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

13,79,691

307,493

–5,457

–2,042

18,677

2,675

47,337

10,159

1,48,336

34,193

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,40,158

276,143

–5,273

–1,979*

15,275

1,813

40,081

8,329

1,18,987

27,546

(b) Gold $

1,05,582

23,790

—

—

3,010

818

4,896

1,320

23,205

5,253

(c) SDRs @

20,639

4,596

–112

–38

238

27

–2,114

–482

–1,270

–262

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,312

2,964

–72

–25

154

17

4,474

992

7,414

1,656

+ Excludes ` 1,123 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.