Item

As on Oct. 28, 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

15,64,453

320,390

–26,298

2,032

2,03,439

15,572

2,32,099

23,056

2,37,355

22,434

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,88,659

284,445

–25,890

1,931*

1,63,776

10,115

1,88,582

16,631

1,90,117

15,352

(b) Gold $

1,40,266

28,667

—

—

37,694

5,695

39,580

6,197

43,756

6,999

(c) SDRs @

22,485

4,606

–258

64

2,084

37

–268

–472

–595

–576

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,043

2,672

–150

37

–115

–275

4,205

700

4,077

659

+ Excludes ` 1,855 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.