Item

As on Sep. 2, 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

14,72,740

320,785

7,732

1,610

1,11,726

15,967

1,40,386

23,451

1,40,293

35,457

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,07,575

284,875

–10,352

–1,320 *

82,692

10,545

1,07,498

17,061

1,01,698

26,491

(b) Gold $

1,30,323

28,319

18,383

2,970

27,751

5,347

29,637

5,849

36,124

8,311

(c) SDRs @

21,187

4,616

–182

–24

786

47

–1,566

–462

–2,127

–379

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,655

2,975

–117

–16

497

28

4,817

1,003

4,598

1,034

+ Excludes `1,148 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 (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.