Item

As on Nov.
4, 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

15,43,811

314,665

–20,642

–5,725

1,82,797

9,847

2,11,457

17,331

2,12,784

14,451

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,77,071

280,577

–11,588

–3,868 *

1,52,188

6,247

1,76,994

12,763

1,74,729

9,291

(b) Gold $

1,31,442

26,896

–8,824

–1,771

28,870

3,924

30,756

4,426

34,932

5,228

(c) SDRs @

22,339

4,552

–146

–54

1,938

–17

–414

–526

–819

–673

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

12,959

2,640

–84

–32

–199

–307

4,121

668

3,942

605

+ Excludes `1,865 crore/US$ 380 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.