Item

As on Jul. 29, 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

14,09,102

319,090

2,297

2,289

48,088

14,272

76,748

21,756

88,791

34,907

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,63,683

286,160

958

1,634 *

38,800

11,830

63,606

18,346

62,456

27,609

(b) Gold $

1,11,940

25,349

1,623

681

9,368

2,377

11,254

2,879

22,376

6,071

(c) SDRs @

20,355

4,609

–173

–16

–46

40

–2,398

–469

–2,902

–397

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,124

2,972

–111

–10

–34

25

4,286

1,000

6,861

1,624

+ Excludes ` 1,104 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.