Item

As on Feb. 11, 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

13,67,097

298,663

–108

–752

1,07,432

19,606

34,743

1,329

70,100

19,464

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,32,626

269,368

5

–707*

82,976

14,683

32,549

1,554

49,306

14,672

(b) Gold $

1,00,739

21,924

—

—

19,551

3,938

53

–546

17,015

3,868

(c) SDRs @

23,448

5,124

–79

–31

852

118

695

46

–31

70

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

10,284

2,247

–34

–14

4,053

867

1,446

275

3,810

854

+ 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.