Item

As on Mar. 4, 2011

Variation over

Week

End-March 2010

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

11

Total Reserves

13,61,789

302,593

–4,143

1,807

1,02,124

23,536

29,435

5,259

86,327

24,162

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,28,067

272,964

–3,346

1,548*

78,417

18,279

27,990

5,150

64,927

18,892

(b) Gold $

1,00,041

22,143

–698

219

18,853

4,157

–645

–327

17,196

4,223

(c) SDRs @

23,414

5,204

–69

28

818

198

661

126

308

157

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

10,267

2,282

–30

12

4,036

902

1,429

310

3,896

890

+ Excludes ` 1,125 crore /US$ 250 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 (USD 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.