Item

As on Dec. 9, 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

16,02,117

306,775

24,173

–69

2,41,103

1,957

2,69,763

9,441

2,64,420

11,356

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,18,757

271,636

23,620

–56*

1,93,874

–2,694

2,18,680

3,822

2,14,762

5,383

(b) Gold $

1,46,289

28,041

—

—

43,717

5,069

45,603

5,571

44,432

5,917

(c) SDRs @

23,464

4,493

350

–8

3,063

–76

711

–585

528

–579

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,607

2,605

203

–5

449

–342

4,769

633

4,698

635

+ Excludes `1,985 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.