Item

As on Jul. 22, 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

14,06,805

316,801

5,833

2,294

45,791

11,983

74,451

19,467

77,791

33,863

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,62,725

284,526

5,646

2,227 *

37,842

10,196

62,648

16,712

56,168

27,812

(b) Gold $

1,10,317

24,668

—

—

7,745

1,696

9,631

2,198

17,613

4,774

(c) SDRs @

20,528

4,625

114

41

127

56

–2,225

–453

–2,913

–362

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,235

2,982

73

26

77

35

4,397

1,010

6,923

1,639

+ Excludes ` 1,109 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.