Item

As on Jun. 3, 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

11

Total Reserves

14,03,810

312,904

3,304

2,689

42,796

8,086

71,456

15,570

1,39,046

41,811

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,59,873

280,908

–911

2,035*

34,990

6,578

59,796

13,094

1,13,880

35,356

(b) Gold $

1,09,832

24,391

4,250

601

7,260

1,419

9,146

1,921

19,612

4,968

(c) SDRs @

20,733

4,623

–21

32

332

54

–2,020

–455

–1,762

–197

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,372

2,982

–14

21

214

35

4,534

1,010

7,316

1,684

+ Excludes ` 1,121 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.