Item

As on Jan. 28, 2011

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

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

13,66,318

299,172

85

–223

1,06,653

20,115

33,964

1,838

63,525

18,217

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,31,695

269,282

–155

–269 *

82,045

14,597

31,618

1,468

42,942

12,920

(b) Gold $

1,00,686

22,470

—

—

19,498

4,484

—

—

16,962

4,414

(c) SDRs @

23,591

5,158

167

32

995

152

838

80

–171

34

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

10,346

2,262

73

14

4,115

882

1,508

290

3,792

849

+ Excludes ` 1,144 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.