Item

As on Sep. 30, 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

15,24,081

311,482

–18,797

–1,225

1,63,067

6,664

1,91,727

14,148

2,09,292

17,324

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,48,996

275,699

–26,535

–1,235 *

1,24,113

1,369

1,48,919

7,885

1,58,243

9,192

(b) Gold $

1,40,266

28,667

9,943

348

37,694

5,695

39,580

6,197

48,109

8,151

(c) SDRs @

22,036

4,504

–299

7

1,635

–65

–717

–574

–924

–635

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

12,783

2,612

–1,906

–345

–375

–335

3,945

640

3,864

616

+ Excludes `1,859 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.