Item

As on Nov. 11, 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

15,76,706

314,339

32,895

–326

2,15,692

9,521

2,44,352

17,005

2,45,245

16,024

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,09,291

280,289

32,220

–288 *

1,84,408

5,959

2,09,214

12,475

2,06,269

10,795

(b) Gold $

1,31,442

26,896

—

—

28,870

3,924

30,756

4,426

34,932

5,228

(c) SDRs @

22,769

4,528

430

–24

2,368

–41

16

–550

–227

–624

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,204

2,626

245

–14

46

–321

4,366

654

4,271

625

+ Excludes `1,911 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.