Item

As on Apr. 15, 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

11

Total Reserves

13,71,147

307,917

12,417

–286

10,133

3,099

38,793

10,583

1,23,861

27,828

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,34,851

277,370

11,944

–311*

9,968

3,040

34,774

9,556

97,280

21,679

(b) Gold $

1,02,572

22,972

—

—

—

—

1,886

502

21,384

4,986

(c) SDRs @

20,501

4,605

287

15

100

36

–2,252

–473

–1,860

–421

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,223

2,970

186

10

65

23

4,385

998

7,057

1,584

+ Excludes ` 1,113 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.