Item

As on Aug. 26, 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

14,65,008

319,175

17,283

955

1,03,994

14,357

1,32,654

21,841

1,40,382

36,333

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,17,927

286,195

16,897

944*

93,044

11,865

1,17,850

18,381

1,15,273

29,547

(b) Gold $

1,11,940

25,349

—

—

9,368

2,377

11,254

2,879

22,376

6,071

(c) SDRs @

21,369

4,640

238

7

968

71

–1,384

–438

–1,972

–341

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,772

2,991

148

4

614

44

4,934

1,019

4,705

1,056

+ Excludes `1,151 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.