Item

As on Jan. 14, 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

13,46,202

297,418

13,537

3,407

86,537

18,361

13,848

84

42,026

12,257

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,13,434

267,866

13,127

3,306*

63,784

13,181

13,357

52

24,831

7,607

(b) Gold $

1,00,686

22,470

—

—

19,498

4,484

—

—

15,299

4,178

(c) SDRs @

23,106

5,101

295

73

510

95

353

23

–554

–80

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

8,976

1,981

115

28

2,745

601

138

9

2,450

552

+ Excludes ` 1,133 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.