Item

As on Jan. 27, 2012

Variation over

Week

End-March 2011

End-December
2011

Year

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total Reserves

14,690.0

293,930.1

–147.9

673.4

1,079.9

–10,888.0

–1,114.7

–2,758.6

1,026.7

–5,240.7

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,914.9

260,119.6

–146.0

614.1*

666.1

–14,210.2

–1,091.6

–2,813.7

597.9

–9,162.1

(b) Gold $

1,418.1

26,620.3

—

—

392.4

3,647.9

—

—

411.2

4,150.8

(c) SDRs @

221.6

4,463.2

–1.2

36.8

17.6

–105.8

–14.3

34.2

–14.3

–694.4

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

135.4

2,727.0

–0.7

22.5

3.8

–219.9

–8.8

20.9

31.9

465.0

+ Excludes `18.9 billion/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 `314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.