Item

As on May 6, 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

13,85,148

309,535

–6,217

–3,976

24,134

4,717

52,794

12,201

1,28,167

33,297

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,45,431

278,122

–6,250

–3,915 *

20,548

3,792

45,354

10,308

99,216

26,649

(b) Gold $

1,05,582

23,790

—

—

3,010

818

4,896

1,320

23,205

5,253

(c) SDRs @

20,751

4,634

20

–37

350

65

–2,002

–444

–1,616

–273

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,384

2,989

13

–24

226

42

4,546

1,017

7,362

1,668

+ Excludes ` 1,120 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.