Item

As on Sep. 16, 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

14,99,568

316,763

32,673

266

1,38,554

11,945

1,67,214

19,429

1,74,631

29,029

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,33,448

280,903

31,557

202*

1,08,565

6,573

1,33,371

13,089

1,34,791

20,155

(b) Gold $

1,30,323

28,319

—

—

27,751

5,347

29,637

5,849

36,124

8,311

(c) SDRs @

21,596

4,549

507

2

1,195

–20

–1,157

–529

–1,509

–477

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

14,201

2,992

609

62

1,043

45

5,363

1,020

5,225

1,040

+ Excludes ` 1,804 crore/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 ` 31,463 crore (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.