Item

As on Aug. 19, 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

Total Reserves

14,47,725

318,220

14,353

1,615

86,711

13,402

1,15,371

20,886

1,31,841

35,671

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,01,030

285,251

14,032

1,584*

76,147

10,921

1,00,953

17,437

1,06,863

28,882

(b) Gold $

1,11,940

25,349

—

—

9,368

2,377

11,254

2,879

22,376

6,071

(c) SDRs @

21,131

4,633

195

19

730

64

–1,622

–445

–2,026

–338

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,624

2,987

126

12

466

40

4,786

1,015

4,628

1,056

+ Excludes `1,140 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 (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.