Item

As on Jan. 13, 2012

Variation over

 Week

End-March 2011

End-December
2011

 Year

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

`
Bn.

US$
Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total Reserves

15,093.6

292,524.9

–412.6

–1,016.5

1,483.5

–12,293.2

–711.1

–4,163.8

1,631.5

–4,892.9

(a) Foreign Currency Assets +

13,310.1

258,800.9

–402.7

–1,009.0*

1,061.3

–15,528.9

–696.4

–4,132.4

1,175.8

–9,065.3

(b) Gold $

1,418.1

26,620.3

—

—

392.4

3,647.9

—

—

411.2

4,150.8

(c) SDRs @

226.8

4,409.5

–6.2

–4.7

22.8

–159.5

–9.1

–19.5

–4.3

–691.2

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

138.6

2,694.2

–3.7

–2.8

7.0

–252.7

–5.6

–11.9

48.8

712.8

+ Excludes `19.5 billion/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 `314.6 billion (US$ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009.