Item

As on Jun. 17, 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

13,95,599

310,562

6,273

59

34,585

5,744

63,245

13,228

1,21,678

34,593

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,51,794

278,610

6,293

99 *

26,911

4,280

51,717

10,796

96,588

28,240

(b) Gold $

1,09,832

24,391

—

—

7,260

1,419

9,146

1,921

19,612

4,968

(c) SDRs @

20,655

4,597

–10

–24

254

28

–2,098

–481

–1,795

–269

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,318

2,964

–10

–16

160

17

4,480

992

7,273

1,654

+ 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.