Item

As on May 18, 2012

Variation over

Week

End-March 2012

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

15,852.4

290,000.5

229.9

–1,801.5

791.1

–4,397.0

47.7

–6,688.2

2,003.0

–18,534.6

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,055.7

256,117.2

224.1

–1,742.4 *

750.6

–3,951.5

49.2

–6,816.1

1,601.0

–21,084.6

(b) Gold $

1,398.0

26,617.9

—

—

15.5

–405.2

–20.1

–2.4

342.2

2,827.4

(c) SDRs @

241.4

4,399.3

3.5

–35.5

12.8

–70.0

5.5

–29.7

35.4

–186.1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

157.3

2,866.1

2.3

–23.6

12.2

29.7

13.1

160.0

24.4

–91.3

+ Excludes ` 36.9 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.