Item

As on Dec. 23, 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

15,84,605

300,863

–8,992

–1,237

2,23,591

–3,955

2,52,251

3,529

2,48,393

5,832

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,00,541

265,656

–9,317

–1,312*

1,75,658

–8,674

2,00,464

–2,158

1,97,854

–249

(b) Gold $

1,46,289

28,041

—

—

43,717

5,069

45,603

5,571

44,432

5,917

(c) SDRs @

23,448

4,448

4

9

3,047

–121

695

–630

640

–595

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

14,327

2,718

321

66

1,169

–229

5,489

746

5,467

759

+ Excludes `2,003 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.