Item

As on Oct. 7, 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

15,33,698

312,231

9,617

749

1,72,684

7,413

2,01,344

14,897

2,19,863

16,439

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,58,533

276,462

9,537

763*

1,33,650

2,132

1,58,456

8,648

1,68,704

8,362

(b) Gold $

1,40,266

28,667

—

—

37,694

5,695

39,580

6,197

48,109

8,151

(c) SDRs @

22,087

4,495

51

–9

1,686

–74

–666

–583

–851

–673

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

12,812

2,607

29

–5

–346

–340

3,974

635

3,901

599

+ Excludes `1,867 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.