Item

As on Sep. 23, 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

15,42,878

312,707

43,310

–4,056

1,81,864

7,889

2,10,524

15,373

2,11,875

21,112

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,75,531

276,934

42,083

–3,969*

1,50,648

2,604

1,75,454

9,120

1,70,867

12,405

(b) Gold $

1,30,323

28,319

—

—

27,751

5,347

29,637

5,849

36,124

8,311

(c) SDRs @

22,335

4,497

739

–52

1,934

–72

–418

–581

–813

–586

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

14,689

2,957

488

–35

1,531

10

5,851

985

5,697

982

+ Excludes `1,887 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.