Item

As on Jun. 24, 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

13,88,955

309,020

–6,644

–1,542

27,941

4,202

56,601

11,686

1,00,065

32,040

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

12,45,256

277,093

–6,538

–1,517*

20,373

2,763

45,179

9,279

75,319

25,710

(b) Gold $

1,09,832

24,391

—

—

7,260

1,419

9,146

1,921

19,612

4,968

(c) SDRs @

20,591

4,582

–64

–15

190

13

–2,162

–496

–2,046

–282

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,276

2,954

–42

–10

118

7

4,438

982

7,180

1,644

+ Excludes ` 1,124 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.