Item

As on March 30, 2012

Variation over

Week

End-March 2011

End-December 2011

Year

` Bn.

US$ Mn.

` Bn.

US$ Mn.

` Bn.

US$ Mn.

` Bn.

US$ Mn.

` Bn.

US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total Reserves

15,061.3

294,397.5

91.1

-742.5

1,451.2

-10,420.6

-743.4

-2,291.2

1,421.4

-11,088.9

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,305.1

260,068.7

81.7

328.2*

1,056.3

-14,261.1

-701.4

-2,864.6

1,025.5

-14,950.3

(b) Gold $

1,382.5

27,023.1

5.9

-1,104.6

356.8

4,050.7

-35.6

402.8

356.8

4,050.7

(c) SDRs @

228.6

4,469.3

2.1

20.8

24.6

-99.7

-7.3

40.3

25.2

-87.0

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

145.1

2,836.4

1.4

13.1

13.5

-110.5

0.9

130.3

13.9

-102.3

+ Excludes ` 34.4 billion/US$ 673 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 `314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.