Item

As on Oct. 21, 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

15,90,751

318,358

33,185

858

2,29,737

13,540

2,58,397

21,024

2,76,463

22,959

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

14,14,549

282,514

32,480

861*

1,89,666

8,184

2,14,472

14,700

2,24,382

14,820

(b) Gold $

1,40,266

28,667

—

—

37,694

5,695

39,580

6,197

48,109

8,151

(c) SDRs @

22,743

4,542

446

–2

2,342

–27

–10

–536

–278

–636

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

13,193

2,635

259

–1

35

–312

4,355

663

4,250

624

+ Excludes `1,903 crore/US$ 380 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.