Item

As on Aug. 12, 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

14,33,372

316,605

13,820

–621

72,358

11,787

1,01,018

19,271

1,16,368

33,814

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,86,998

283,667

13,248

–652*

62,115

9,337

86,921

15,853

91,798

27,076

(b) Gold $

1,11,940

25,349

—

—

9,368

2,377

11,254

2,879

22,376

6,071

(c) SDRs @

20,936

4,614

348

19

535

45

–1,817

–464

–2,284

–371

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,498

2,975

224

12

340

28

4,660

1,003

4,478

1,038

+ Excludes ` 1,134 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 memoitem 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.